Currency exchange Emoji

Symbols

A dark blue or grey square featuring the Japanese yen symbol (¥) and the dollar sign ($) connected by curved arrows. The graphic illustrates the circular process of swapping one form of national tender for another.

Usage Context

This is the go-to icon for international travelers heading to an airport kiosk or anyone discussing global finance. It is frequently used alongside 💸 to talk about spending, or 🏦 when the conversation shifts to banking and foreign investment.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji was designed to help users quickly identify physical money-changing locations in foreign cities. It serves as a digital shorthand for the currency booths that were once a standard fixture in every major international terminal.

Details

Glyph

💱

Unicode

U+1F4B1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4b1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCB1;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Symbols

Subcategory currency

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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