¥
Yen Sign
- Unicode
- U+00A5
- Category
- Currency
- HTML Entity
- ¥
- CSS
- \00A5
The ¥ symbol represents both the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, two of the world's major currencies. Derived from the Latin letter "Y" with two horizontal strokes, it is used globally in finance, retail, and international trade to denote prices and exchange rates. In digital contexts, you'll often see it on financial news sites, e-commerce platforms, and travel blogs discussing East Asian destinations.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+0165
- macOS
- Option+Y
- Linux
- Compose + Y + =
- HTML
- ¥
In Programming
In older Japanese computing environments (like Shift JIS encoding), the yen symbol historically functioned as the escape character, replacing the standard backslash (\). Today, modern applications primarily use it for formatting and localizing monetary values in databases and user interfaces.
Tags
¥
china
chinese yuan symbol
cny symbol
currency
east asian currency
html yen
japan
japanese yen symbol
jpy
jpy symbol
money
rmb sign
unicode 00a5
yen
yen sign
yen symbol copy
yuan
yuan sign
yuan symbol copy