Yen banknote Emoji

Objects

A Japanese yen banknote, identifiable by the distinct symbol for yen (¥) printed on the face of the currency. The design typically features a warm, yellow-gold color palette to represent wealth and financial transactions.

Usage Context

Used to discuss Japanese financial matters, shopping, or the act of spending money. It is a frequent companion for other wealth-related icons like 💰, 💸, or 💳 when someone is planning a trip to Japan or talking about international exchange rates.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of a wider effort to standardize currency representations across global platforms. Its inclusion was essential for Japanese mobile users, who had long used proprietary, carrier-specific versions of this icon for banking and commerce services on early feature phones.

Details

Glyph

💴

Unicode

U+1F4B4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4b4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCB4;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory money

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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