won

E808095

The won is the official currency used in both North and South Korea, each with its own distinct version.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
won canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
centralBank Bank of Korea ⓘ
Central Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
coins ⓘ
etymology derived from Chinese yuan and Japanese yen ⓘ
hasSubunit jeon ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Korean yen ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
1947 ⓘ
ISO4217Code KPW ⓘ
KPW ⓘ
KRW ⓘ
linked to: South Korean won

KRW ⓘ
linked to: South Korean won
localName 대한민국 원 ⓘ
linked to: South Korean won

조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 원 ⓘ
localNameRomanization Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk won ⓘ
linked to: North Korean won

Daehanminguk won ⓘ
monetaryRegion Korean Peninsula ⓘ
officialName North Korean won ⓘ
South Korean won ⓘ
replacedCurrency Korean yen ⓘ
Korean yen ⓘ
subunit chon ⓘ
jeon ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 chon = 1 won ⓘ
100 jeon = 1 won ⓘ
symbol ₩ ⓘ
₩ ⓘ
₩ ⓘ
usedFor legal tender payments in North Korea ⓘ
legal tender payments in South Korea ⓘ
usedInCountry North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
usedInEconomyType market economy of South Korea ⓘ
planned economy of North Korea ⓘ
writingSystem Hangul ⓘ
Hangul ⓘ
Hangul ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

KPW → hasMonetaryUnit → won ⓘ