Monery/Price question

[kisu]

What is the difference between 円 and ￥?? I'm getting the feeling 円 is more.. but all onliny places only convery from yen. So how do I figure out a price given in.. "sen" (Is that it's name?) Is there and online converter? *Hopes*

Thank you,

~Kisu

[Chipi]

Unfortunately I canｴt see those symbols you mailed, but "sen" is a thousand, "hyaku" is a hundred..if I remember right..I think youｴll find more help, and more accurate help soon :)

[Andy3004]

Well,

￥ is the international symbol for the Japanese currency (usually read 'Yen' or sometimes still 'Sen', while
円 is the tradional Japanese Kanji for the Japanese currency (and is read "en").

Accordingly ￥ is placed in front of the sum whereas 円 is placed behind the sum of money. You can see this if you take a look at the backside of any Japanese book: Below the two barcodes you will always find something reading like this:


ISBN4-10-353413-3

C0093 ￥1600E

定価：　本体１６００円（税別）　


The first line after the ISBN shows the information about the books price in international notation standard (1600 Yen - the "E" meaning "tax not included") whereas the third line holds the the same info in Japanese notation.

The Kanji 円 also bears the additional meaning of "circle" or "round".

Tradionally a "sen", written 銭 was worth a 1/100th of an "en", but it is no longer used nowaday since the smalles coin in Japan has the value of 1 Yen (or "en"). Afaik, in some countries the word "sen" was used as the official name for the Japanese currency until about a decade ago or so, but personally I haven't seen it used anymore recently.

Hope this helps?


ja ne,

-andy

[kisu]

Oh okay ^^ Thanks~ That confused me (not you.. the different symbols) YAY!