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How to type the Japanese yen symbol on keyboard (Mac and PC)?

Gert Svaiko

25.05.23 (updated more than 1 year ago)

Read time 2 minutes

Need to add the Japanese yen symbol to your document, website, email, or when sending a DM? We got you covered. In this guide, we’ll go through everything you need to know about inserting the Japanese yen sign on your keyboard and smartphone.

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What is the Japanese yen symbol?

The yen sign looks like this:

It’s used as the main symbol for currency in Japan. But the very same symbol is also used in China to represent its national currency, the Chinese yuan (also known as the renminbi).¹

To separate the two and avoid any confusion, JP¥ is sometimes used.

The symbol above is the latinised one. In Japan, yen is represented by the kanji symbol: 円.¹

💡Read more: Different currency symbols of the world

Does the yen symbol come before or after the number?

The yen symbol generally comes before the number, and there’s no space in between. So when you’re writing a sum of money such as 1000 yen, you’d write it like this: ¥1000.

However, you might also occasionally see the yen symbol written after the number.

What’s the yen abbreviation?

On the foreign exchange market, the Japanese yen is abbreviated to JPY. So if you’re converting currency or buying travel money, this is the three-letter code to look for.

If you’re visiting Japan, you may also see the kanji symbol of 円 used to represent the yen.

How do you type a yen symbol on keyboard (Mac and PC)?

If you need to type the yen sign, here’s how to do it on both a Windows PC/laptop and a Mac device.

Let’s look at Windows PCs first. There are a few ways you can do it:

If your laptop has a number pad, enable Numlock first. Then, hold down the Alt key and type 0165.
Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box. Type ‘charmap’ (without punctuation) and press Enter. A list of characters will appear, and the yen symbol should be among them. You can simply copy and paste it.

For Mac devices, you can hold down the Alt and Y keys to insert the yen symbol into any application.

For ease, you can also go ahead and copy and paste the yen symbol from here:

How to insert a yen symbol on a mobile device (iOS and Android)?

Using a smartphone, tablet or other mobile device? Here’s how to insert the yen symbol into a message or search query.

For both iOS and Android devices, you simply need to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. If the yen symbol doesn’t appear, you can hold down the $ sign to see further currency symbols.

How to get the yen symbol in popular word processors – without typing?

Don’t have a keyboard? The good news is that there’s a way you can insert a yen sign on your word processor without typing.

On applications such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you can simply follow these steps:

Go to Insert from the drop-down menu at the top
Select ‘Symbol’ on Word, or ‘Special Characters’ on Google Docs
You should be able to select the ¥ sign. On Google Docs, you may need to select ‘Symbol’ and then ‘Currency’ from the category menus.

There’s also a shortcut. Simply type 0065 and then press the Alt and X keys, and the code will automatically turn into the yen symbol.

And that’s it! After reading this guide, you should be all set to use the yen symbol on your Mac, PC or your smartphone whenever you need to.

Sources used:

Wikipedia – Japanese Yen

Sources last checked on date: 14-May-2023

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