원
/wʌ̹n/
KORECE → TR
Tanım
•won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW) · won; the official currency of North Korea, sign = ₩ (KPW) · yuan; the official currency of China, sign = ￥ (CNY)
Etimoloji
Sino-Korean word from 圓, an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight (compare Japanese 円 (en), Mandarin 元 (yuán)). Doublet of 엔 (en, “yen (Japanese currency)”) and 위안 (wian, “yuan (Chinese currency)”).