Yuan (currency)
One of several Chinese currencies, historical and present / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Chinese base unit of currency. For the modern currency used in the People's Republic of China, see Renminbi. For the currency used in the Republic of China (Taiwan), see New Taiwan dollar.
For other uses, see Yuan (disambiguation).
The yuan (/juːˈɑːn, -æn/ yoo-A(H)N; sign: ¥; Chinese: 圓/元; pinyin: yuán; [ɥæ̌n] ⓘ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in Chinese.
A yuan (Chinese: 圓/元; pinyin: yuán) is also known colloquially as a kuai (simplified Chinese: 块; traditional Chinese: 塊; pinyin: kuài; lit. 'lump'; originally a lump of silver). One yuan is divided into 10 jiao (Chinese: 角; pinyin: jiǎo; lit. 'corner') or colloquially mao (Chinese: 毛; pinyin: máo; lit. 'feather'). One jiao is divided into 10 fen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn; lit. 'small portion').