U+00A5 "¥" Yen Sign Unicode Character

U+00A5 "¥" Yen Sign is a currency symbol used primarily to represent the Japanese yen and, historically, the Chinese yuan, as both currencies share the same written sign. It is classified as a symbol within Unicode's Latin-1 Supplement block, encoded in 1993 as part of the original version of the standard. In digital contexts, it is often confused with the backslash due to its similar appearance in some fonts, particularly in East Asian character sets where it may replace the backslash in code pages. The sign itself is derived from the Latin capital letter Y with two horizontal strokes, indicating its association with the word "yen" or "yuan."