• hemmes@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Then so is the Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Euro (in English), Chinese Yuan and Japanese Yen, Russian Ruble, Indian Rupee…

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        8 months ago

        Interestingly enough, the yen is written in front when you use the yen symbol that’s internationally recognized, as in ¥1000, but locally in Japan they often put the word for yen (円) on price tags instead, and that goes after the number, as in 1000円.

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          8 months ago

          Not very often - i’d bet under 5% of even handwritten instances in Japan, and feels like it would be an elderly person who wrote it (hardly narrows it down in jp tbf).

          It is a common method in Taiwan though.

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            8 months ago

            Nah, very common, and not just handwritten either. If you image search for 値札 (price tag) you get tons of results with the 円 version like below. I see it all the time in stores.