Keyboard Shortcuts for Korean Won Symbol (₩)

Won (₩) is the official currency symbol of Korea. Though the currencies are different, same Won symbol is used in both North (KPW) and South Korea (KRW). The symbol features a distinctive combination of the letter “W” crossed by two horizontal lines in the middle. For frequent insertion of the Won symbol ₩ in financial / accounts documents or in other applications, here are the alt code shortcuts you can use.

1. Type Won Symbol in Windows

There are multiple options available:

1.1. Using Alt Code Shortcuts

• Hold one of the alt keys and type 8369 using number pad.
• On Microsoft Word documents, type 20A9 and then press alt + X keys together.

1.2. Using Character Map App

Press “Windows Logo + R” keys to open Run prompt. Type charmap and press “OK” button to open Character Map app and follow the below steps:

• Make sure to check the “Advanced view” option.
• Select “Unicode” for “Character set”.
• Type 20A9 in the “Go to Unicode” box and press enter.
• You will see the ₩ sign appears as a first symbol in the list.
• Click the “Select” button and then click “Copy” button.

Now, you can paste the copied Won sign any document or application from clipboard.

1.3. Using Emoji Keyboard

You have a new emoji keyboard available to insert symbols in Windows 10 version onwards.

• Press “Windows Logo + Dot” keys to open emoji keyboard.
• Click the “Symbols” category and then select “Currency symbols” group.
• Find ₩ symbol and click on it to insert.

1.4. Using Symbol Utility in Microsoft Office Apps

Microsoft Office apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint comes with an in-built “Symbol” utility which you can make use for this purpose.

• Open Word, Excel or PowerPoint app.
• Go to “Insert > Symbols > More Symbols” menu to open “Symbol” pop-up.
• Select “Unicode (hex)” value in “from” dropdown, type 20A9 in the “Character code” box and press enter.
• Find ₩ sign and click “Insert” button to add it in the document.

2. Insert Won Sign in Mac

You have two options in Mac.

2.1. Using Option Code Shortcut

• First, switch the input method to Unicode Hex Input.
• Now, hold option key and type 20A9.

2.2. Use Character Viewer

Mac has a Character Viewer app which is something like a combination of Character Map and emoji keyboard in Windows.

• Open the app where you want to insert Won symbol.
• Go to “Edit > Emoji & Symbols” menu to open Character Viewer app.
• Type “won” in the search box or click the “Currency Symbols” category from the sidebar.
• Find ₩ sign and double click on it to insert in your document.

3. Add Won Sign in HTML and CSS

Use decimal format like &#8361 ; or hexadecimal format like &#x20A9 ; in HTML documents. You can use the hexadecimal code like content:\20A9; in any CSS style.

<span>&#8361;</span>
<span>&#x20A9;</span>

span:before {
	content:\20A9;
	font-family:Arial;
}

Note: Fullwidth Won sign is another Unicode symbol that you can type using Alt + 65510 in Windows and Option + FFE6 in Mac.

Won Symbol Display

Below is the display of Won sign and fullwidth Won sign respectively.

Note: Some browsers show the symbol with single horizontal line while the correct representation is with two lines.