Chinese Yuan

¥ · Currency Symbol · Code: CNY · Unicode: U+00A5

Technical Information

Unicode Code

U+00A5

HTML Code

CSS Code

\00A5

Decimal Code

165

How to Use

HTML:

                &#165;            

CSS:

                \00A5            

JavaScript:

                String.fromCodePoint(0x00A5)

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🇨🇳 China

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Description

The official currency of the People's Republic of China. The symbol ¥ is the same as the Japanese yen but has different meaning in Chinese context.

History

The yuan was introduced in 1948 by the People's Bank of China. The ¥ symbol comes from the Latin letter Y with two strokes, representing the first letter of "Yuan".