# ¥ U+00A5 YEN SIGN

Yen sign for Japanese yen and Chinese yuan renminbi currency, a Y with one or two horizontal bars.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `¥` |
| Codepoint | U+00A5 |
| Name | YEN SIGN |
| Also known as | yuan sign (renminbi) |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `¥` `¥` |
| CSS | `\A5` |
| JavaScript | `\u00A5` |
| UTF-8 | C2 A5 |
| UTF-16 | 00A5 |

## Notes

- glyph may have one or two crossbars, but the official symbol in Japan and China has two
- in native context, specific ideographs may be used for units of these currencies

## Related characters

- ¤ [U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A4)
- ¦ [U+00A6 BROKEN BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A6)
- £ [U+00A3 POUND SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A3)
- § [U+00A7 SECTION SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A7)
- ¢ [U+00A2 CENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A2)
- ¨ [U+00A8 DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A8)
- ¡ [U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A1)
- © [U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A9)
- [U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A0)
- ª [U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AA)
- [U+009F APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009F)
- « [U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AB)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/00A5 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/00A5