<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The yen sign (¥) or the yuan sign (¥) is a currency sign used by the Chinese yuan (CNY) and the Japanese yen (JPY) currencies . This monetary symbol resembles a Latin letter Y with a single or double horizontal stroke . </P> <P> The base unit of both currencies shared the same Chinese character / Kanji (traditional Chinese: 圓; simplified Chinese: 圆; Japanese Shinjitai: 円) that means "circle". It is pronounced yuán in Chinese and en in Japanese . In mainland China, the Chinese character is more frequently written in everyday situations using the simpler character 元, which has the same pronunciation as the formal financial character 圓 in Standard Chinese (but not in Japanese and in some Chinese varieties). The symbol is usually placed before the value it represents, for example RMB ¥ 20 in China, and JP ¥ 1500 in Japan . However it is also more commonly represented as 20 元 in China and 1500 円 in Japan . </P>

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