YEN SIGN

Official Unicode character in the Latin-1 Supplement block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.

How to Type the YEN SIGN (¥)

Windows Instructions

Hold Alt + type 0165 on NumPad

Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.

macOS (Apple) Instructions

Press Option + Y

Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.

Technical Specifications & Encoding Details

Unicode Codepoint	U+00A5
Decimal Value	165
Hexadecimal Value	0x00A5
UTF-8 Bytes	0xC2 0xA5
HTML Named Entity	¥
HTML Decimal Entity	¥
HTML Hex Entity	¥
General Category	Currency Symbol (Sc)
Unicode Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Script	Common