x20A9

x20A9 refers to the Unicode code point U+20A9, which is the WON SIGN. The symbol itself is ₩ and is used as the currency sign for the South Korean won (KRW). In Unicode, the won sign is assigned to the Currency Symbols block and is rendered as a stylized W with a vertical stroke.

The won sign denotes the South Korean currency in price tags, financial documents, and digital text. While the symbol is common in Korea, international usage varies: some locales prefer writing KRW or using the currency code rather than the symbol, and formatting can place the symbol before or after the amount depending on local conventions. In many Korean contexts, the symbol is placed before the numeric value (for example, ₩1,000).

Technical details and encoding: the character is encoded at code point U+20A9. In HTML and XML, it can be represented as ₩ or ₩. In plain text, the glyph is displayed as ₩, with font rendering affecting its exact visual style.

See also: Korean won, KRW, currency symbols, Unicode Currency Symbols block.

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