Won sign

Meaning and uses

The won sign, used for the South Korean won and the North Korean won. It is a W with one or two horizontal strokes, depending on the font.

Unicode details

₩ is the Unicode character named WON SIGN, code point U+20A9, in the Currency Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a currency symbol (general category Sc).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ₩

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 20A9 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ₩.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “won sign”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 20a9, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ₩. In a CSS content property, use "\20A9".