What ₩ means
It marks a money amount in Korean won. Placed before numbers without a space in Korean format, ₩ represents the currency of South Korea (KRW) and North Korea (KPW). In retail listings and international exchange contexts, ₩10,000 indicates ten thousand won.
In everyday life across Korea, many prices are written using the Hangul word 원 (won) after the number instead of using ₩. For example, 5,000원 frequently appears on menus and price tags, while ₩ is widely used in financial listings and contexts serving international readers.
Why does a backslash look like ₩ in Korean fonts?
Certain Korean fonts draw the backslash character as a won sign. Early Korean computer standards replaced the backslash glyph (\) with the won mark. Because of this legacy, Windows file paths on Korean installations can appear as C:₩Users rather than C:\Users.
On a Korean Windows keyboard, pressing the backslash key types the standard backslash code , which only looks like ₩ because of the active font. That backslash still works in folder paths, whereas the actual Unicode won sign is a separate currency symbol and cannot replace a backslash in file paths or programming code.
Neutral and practical currency symbol for prices, financial records, and Korean shopping.
Never use the actual ₩ symbol in programming paths expecting a backslash.
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2Why does my file path say C:₩ instead of C:\?
Korean fonts often display the backslash character as ₩ due to historical encoding standards. Functionally, Windows still treats it as a standard backslash.
Is ₩ used in both North and South Korea?
Yes. Both countries call their currency the won, though the South Korean won (KRW) and North Korean won (KPW) are entirely separate currencies.
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- Korean won symbol · KRW sign · won mark
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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