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{{Short description|Currency symbol for the Korean won}}
{{Missing information|the sign's origin|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox currency sign|mark=₩
|unicode  = {{unichar|20A9|Won sign|html=}}
|currency = [[South Korean won]]<br />[[North Korean won]]<br />Old [[Korean Empire won|Korean won]]
|variant1={{not a typo|￦}}
|variant1 caption={{unichar|FFE6|Fullwidth won sign|html=}}
}}

The '''won sign''' {{angbr|₩}}, is a [[currency symbol]]. It represents the [[South Korean won]], the [[North Korean won]] and,  unofficially, the old [[Korean Empire won|Korean won]].

== Appearance ==
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  ==
The [[Unicode]] code point is {{unichar|20A9|Won sign}}: this is valid for either appearance. Additionally, there is a fullwidth character at {{unichar|FFE6|Fullwidth won sign|note=in the block [[halfwidth and fullwidth forms]]}}.

===Microsoft Windows===
In [[Microsoft Windows]] [[Unified Hangul Code|code page 949]], the position {{code|0x5C}} is used for the won sign (in [[Code page 850]] (latin script), this codepoint  is used for [[backslash]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.miloush.net/michkap/archive/2005/09/17/469941.html|title=When is a backslash not a backslash?|website=archives.miloush.net}}</ref>

In Korean versions of Windows, many fonts (including system fonts) display the backslash character as the won sign. This also applies to the [[Path (computing)|directory separator]] character (for example, {{code|C:₩Program Files₩}}) and the escape character (<code>₩n</code>). 

The [[Yen and yuan sign#Microsoft Windows|same issue]] (of dual use of the 0x5C code point) is seen with the [[yen sign]] in Japanese versions of Windows.

===MacOS===
In [[macOS]], the won sign key inputs {{unichar|20A9}} only when in [[Hangul]] input mode.

== Fictional use ==
In fiction, it is used for the woolong, a fictional currency in anime by [[Shinichirō Watanabe]] (''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', ''[[Space Dandy]]'' and ''[[Carole & Tuesday]]''), and for "Kinzcash", the currency of the online game ''[[Webkinz]]''.

== References ==
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==See also==
* {{slink|Pound sign|Double bar style}}

{{Currency signs}}

[[Category:Currency symbols]]