¥

See also: Ɏ, Y, ￥, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

¥ U+00A5, ¥ YEN SIGN ← ¤ [U+00A4] Latin-1 Supplement ¦ → [U+00A6]

Character variations

￥ U+FFE5, ￥ FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN ← ￤ [U+FFE4] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￦ → [U+FFE6]

Translingual

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Description

A capital letter Y, crossed by one or two horizontal lines.

Etymology

Initialism of yen and yuan. The two lines represent the other two letters in the word 'yen'. One of the earliest uses of ¥ can be found in J. Twizell Wawn’s “Japanese Municipal Government With an Account of the Administration of the City of Kobe”, published in 1899. Usage of the sign increased in the early 20th century, primarily in Western English-speaking countries, but has also become commonly used in Japan as well.

Symbol

¥

1. The symbol for yen, the currency of Japan.
   • 2025 August 21, Emi Tanimoto, “Nissan Updates Popular Kei Car as It Revamps Aging Lineup”, in Bloomberg News‎ (in English), archived from the original on 22 August 2025:

     Nissan Motor Co. revamped one of its more popular lightweight kei cars as the Japanese carmaker refreshes its aging lineup. The fourth-generation Roox will go on sale by the end of the year for ¥1.6 million ($10,800), the company said Friday. The new model has better mileage, more safety features and built-in connectivity.

2. The symbol for the yuan, the currency of China.

Derived terms

• CN¥
• JP¥

See also

• (yen): 円
• (yuan): 元 (yuán), 圓 / 圆 (yuán)

Currency signs

• ¤ – currency wildcard
• ؋ – afghani
• ฿ – baht
• ₿ – bitcoin
• ¢ – cent
• ₡ – colón
• ₵ – cedi
• – cifrão
• – Emirati dirham
• $ – dollar
• ₫ – dong
• ֏ – dram
• € – euro
• ƒ – florin, guilder, gulden
• ₣ – franc
• ₲ – guarani
• ₴ – hryvnia
• ₭ – kip
• ₾ – lari
• ₺ – Turkish lira
• ₼ – manat
• ₥ – mill
• ₦ – naira
• ₱ – Philippine peso
• £ or ₤ – pound, lira
• ﷼ – Iranian rial
• – Saudi riyal
• ៛ – riel
• ₽ – ruble
• ₨ – rupee
• ₹ – Indian rupee
• ₪ – new shekel
• ⃀ – Kyrgyzstani som
• ₸ – tenge
• ₮ – tugrik, tether
• ₩ – won
• ¥ – yen, yuan

Language-specific currency signs

• ৳ – Bengali rupee sign
• ৲ – Bengali taka sign
• ৹ – Bengali ana sign
• ৻ – Bengali ganda sign
• રૂ૰ – Gujarati rupee sign
• ꠸ – North Indic rupee sign
• रू (rū) – Nepali rupee sign
• රු (ru) – Sinhala rupee sign
• ௹ – Tamil rupee sign
• 𞲰 – Urdu rupee sign
• 𞋿 – Wancho rupee sign
• ރ – rufiyaa (in Dhiveli)
• 円 – yen (in Japanese)
• 元 – yuan (in Chinese)
• 圓 / 圆 – yuan (in Chinese)

Formerly used currency signs

• 𐆚 – Roman as
• ₳ – austral
• ₠ – European Currency Unit
• ₢ – cruzeiro
• 𐆖 – Roman denarius
• ₯ – drachma
• ₶ – livre tournois
• ℳ – mark
• ₧ – peseta
• ₰ – pfennig
• 𐆘 – Roman sesterce
• ₷ – spesmilo
• – old Israeli shekel