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¥

'¥' is a currency sign used for the following currencies:

★ Chinese yuan (CNY)

★ Japanese yen (JPY)
The base unit of the two currencies above share the same Chinese character (圓/元/円), pronounced ''yuan'' in Mandarin Chinese and ''en'' in Standard Japanese. The symbol resembles a Latin letter Y with a double stroke or, also commonly in Mainland China, with a single stroke. The symbol also resembles the Chinese character for "sheep" (羊, ''yang''), which was an ancient Chinese currency denomination.
This character is also used on Japanese computers as the directory separator character.^[1]

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