Stefan Persson wrote: > > Similarly, "yen" is just the Japanese (kun) pronunciation of Chinese > "yuan". > > IMHO, the preferred symbol for both currencies should be U+00A5. > > Wrong: > > Yen (円) is U+5186, while yuan (元) is U+5143. > > "Yen" is an ancient "on" pronunciation for U+5186; today it's > pronounced "en."
They are just two different spellings of the same word, "yuán", which means "currency unit" or "circle". A quick search brough up at least six variants, all of which are pronunced "(y)en" or "(g)en" in Japanese on: U+5143 元 U+5186 円 U+5706 圆 U+570E 圎 U+5713 圓 U+571C 圜 _ Marco
