The won sign , is a
currency symbol. It represents the
South Korean won, the
North Korean won and, unofficially, the old
Korean won.
Appearance
Its appearance is "W" (the first letter of "Won") with a horizontal strike going through the center. Some fonts display the won sign with two horizontal lines, and others with only one horizontal line. Both forms are used when handwritten.
Encoding
The
Unicode
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code point is : this is valid for either appearance. Additionally, there is a fullwidth character at .
Microsoft Windows
In
Microsoft Windows
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code page 949, the position is used for the won sign (in
Code page 850 (latin script), this codepoint is used for
backslash).
In Korean versions of Windows, many fonts (including system fonts) display the backslash character as the won sign. This also applies to the
directory separator character (for example, ) and the escape character (
₩n).
The
same issue (of dual use of the 0x5C code point) is seen with the
yen sign in Japanese versions of Windows.
MacOS
In
macOS
macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...
, the won sign key inputs only when in
Hangul
The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...
input mode.
Fictional use
In fiction, it is used for the woolong, a fictional currency in anime by
Shinichirō Watanabe (''
Cowboy Bebop'', ''
Space Dandy'' and ''
Carole & Tuesday''), and for "Kinzcash", the currency of the online game ''
Webkinz''.
References
See also
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{{Currency signs
Currency symbols