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Won sign
In  Unicode	U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN
Currency
Currency	South Korean won North Korean won Old Korean won
Graphical variants
￦
U+FFE6 ￦ FULLWIDTH WON SIGN
Category

The won sign ⟨\⟩ , is a currency symbol . It represents the South Korean won , the North Korean won and, unofficially, the old Korean won .

Appearance [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

The Unicode code point is U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN : this is valid for either appearance. Additionally, there is a full width character at U+FFE6 ￦ FULLWIDTH WON SIGN (in the block halfwidth and fullwidth forms ).

Microsoft Windows [ edit ]

In Microsoft Windows code page 949 , the position 0x5C ( backslash ) is also used for the won sign. ^[1]

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, C:\Program Files\ ) and the escape character( \n ). Most Korean keyboards input 0x5C when the won sign key is pressed, ^{[ dubious – discuss ]} so the Unicode letters are rarely used. ^{[ clarification needed ]}

The same issue (of dual use of a code point) occurs with the yen sign in Japanese versions of Windows.

MacOS [ edit ]

In macOS , the won sign key inputs U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN only when in Hangul input mode.

Fictional use [ edit ]

In fiction, it is used for the woolong, a fictional currency in anime by Shinichir? Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Space Dandy and Carole & Tuesday ), and for "Kinzcash", the currency of the online game Webkinz .

References [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

• Pound sign#Double dash style