RE: When is a character a currency sign?

From: Kurosaka, Teruhiko (Teruhiko.Kurosaka@iona.com)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 13:30:11 EDT

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> But what does one do for a script like Han characters where
> those tests
> don't apply? e.g., in Chinese, U+938A is used for 'pound'--is that a
> word, or a currency sign? U+5713 or U+5143 for 'yuan'? Etc.

Are they invented exclusively for the purpose of expressing the
currencies? I am not familiar with U+938A and U+5713, but
U+5143 have other meanings than the currency Yuan, and
I don't think it's a currency symbol.

T. "Kuro" Kurosaka
Internationalization Architect
teruhiko.kurosaka@iona.com
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