Why do some currencies share a symbol?

Several currencies use the same glyph — for example the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan both use ¥, and many dollar-based currencies use $. The ISO code disambiguates them.

What is an ISO 4217 code?

It is the three-letter international standard code for a currency, such as USD for the US dollar or GBP for the pound sterling. It removes the ambiguity of shared symbols.

What currency uses the ₹ symbol?

The Indian rupee (INR) uses ₹. Other distinctive symbols include € for the euro (EUR), £ for the pound sterling (GBP), ₽ for the Russian ruble (RUB) and ₩ for the South Korean won (KRW).

Is anything sent to a server?

No. This is a static reference that runs entirely in your browser with no network requests.

Currency Symbols Reference

This is a searchable reference pairing each currency symbol with its ISO 4217 code, currency name and country or region. Because many symbols are shared between currencies, the three-letter code is the reliable identifier — and this table lets you look up either direction.

How it works

The full list of currencies ships with the page, so searching is instant and offline. Type a symbol, an ISO code, a currency name or a country and the table filters to matching rows. The ISO 4217 code disambiguates currencies that share a glyph: for example the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan both display ¥, and many countries use $, but JPY, CNY, USD, AUD and CAD are all distinct codes.

Example

Symbol	ISO code	Currency	Country
$	USD	US Dollar	United States
€	EUR	Euro	Eurozone
£	GBP	Pound Sterling	United Kingdom
¥	JPY	Yen	Japan
¥	CNY	Renminbi (Yuan)	China
₹	INR	Rupee	India

Note that ¥ appears twice — searching the code JPY or CNY tells the two apart. Search by symbol, code, name or country to jump straight to the entry you need.