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Yen banknote

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
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory money
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
yen banknotemoneysalesjapanesedollarcurrencybankbanknotesbillnotesignwealthcashfinanceyen symboljapan

Google Noto License

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

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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