Etymology of the Korean currencies
The yang was subdivided into 100 fun (푼) (pronounced "pun" but spelt with an "f" on the coins).Due to interchanging Chinese and Japanese influences, changing Romanization methods, and the use of both hanja (Sino-Korean characters) and hangul scripts, the etymology can be hard to understand.In 1902, the Dai-Ichi Bank (The First National Bank of Japan), which handled the Korean government's custom duties, obtained permission from the imperial Korean government to issue banknotes in yen replacing yang.[1] The table below summarizes the language used on the modern circulating and historical Korean currencies.The won sign ("₩", a capital W with a horizontal stroke) is represented in Unicode at the code point 20A9 (8361 in decimal).