Unicode Character "₩" (U+20A9)

The character ₩ (Won Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+20A9. It is encoded in the Currency Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ₩.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Won Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+20A9
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Currency Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class European Terminator (ET)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Currency Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+20A9 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ₩
HTML (hex) ₩
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%82%A9
CSS \0020A9
JavaScript, JSON \u20A9
C, C++, Java \u20A9
Python \u20A9
Rust \u{20A9}
Ruby \u20A9

How to type "₩"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 A 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 A 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ₩
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ₩
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ₩
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x82 0xA9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x20A9
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000020A9

Characters based on "₩" (U+20A9)

References