Won Sign

A symbol from the Currency Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ₩
Unicode: U+20A9
HTML entity: ₩
Category: Currency Symbols

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About the won sign symbol

This symbol is the Won Sign, representing the official currency of both South Korea and North Korea. It is typically read as won and appears as a capital letter W with one or two horizontal strokes passing through the center. Within digital documents, it is classified under the currency symbols block and belongs to the common script, allowing it to function across various languages and writing systems without technical conflict.

In professional and everyday contexts, this character is frequently used on price tags, digital storefronts, and financial reports to indicate values in Korean won. It serves as a standard typographic mark in East Asian signage and advertising to denote costs or transaction amounts. Beyond finance, the symbol occasionally appears in computer programming or technical environments as a directory separator on certain localized operating systems and regional keyboard layouts.

How to type Won Sign

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 20A9 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 20A9.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.