Won Sign
Part of Currency
Won Sign has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ₩
- Unicode
- U+20A9
About this symbol
The won sign, a W with two strokes across it, stands for the currencies of South Korea and North Korea. The word won comes from the same Chinese word, meaning round, as yen and yuan.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- WON SIGN
- Type
- Currency symbol
- Unicode block
- Currency Symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- Korea
- Glyph may have one or two crossbars, but the most common form in Korea has only one
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