¥
¥ Yen Sign
The yen sign (¥) is the currency symbol for the Japanese yen — and also for the Chinese yuan (renminbi).
Also known as: yen sign, yen symbol, yuan symbol, japanese yen.
Codes
| Symbol | ¥ | |
| Fullwidth | ￥ · U+FFE5 | |
| Unicode | U+00A5 | |
| HTML entity (named) | ¥ | |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ¥ | |
| HTML entity (hex) | ¥ | |
| CSS | \00A5 | |
| LaTeX | \textyen | |
| Windows Alt code | Alt + 0165 |
How to type ¥ (Yen Sign)
WindowsAlt + 0165
Hold Alt and type 0165 on the numeric keypad — the leading zero matters, then release Alt.
Mac⌥ + Y
Press Option + y.
Microsoft Word00A5, Alt + X
Type 00A5, then press Alt + X to convert it to ¥.
Google Docs
Insert → Special characters, then search “yen”.
LaTeX\textyen
Use \textyen with \usepackage{textcomp}. In math mode, \yen is available from amssymb.
Usage
- The yen sign goes before the amount: ¥1,000. Japanese yen has no decimal subunit in practice.
- Which one to use: ¥ (U+00A5) is the standard sign. In Chinese/Japanese text you will also see the fullwidth ￥ (U+FFE5), which takes a full character cell — use the normal ¥ in Latin text.
- The same ¥ is used for the Chinese yuan (renminbi); when the currency is ambiguous, write the ISO code instead — JPY or CNY.
- Some older fonts draw ¥ with one crossbar and some with two; both are the same character.