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The yuan ( or ; sign: ¥; ; ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day Chinese currencies, and usually refers to the primary unit of account of the renminbi, the currency of the People's Republic of China. It is also used as a synonym of that currency, especially in international contexts – the ISO 4217 standard code for renminbi is CNY, an abbreviation of “Chinese yuan”. (A similar case is the use of the terms ''sterling'' and ''pound'' to designate the British currency and unit.) A ''yuan'' () is also known colloquially as a ''kuai'' (; originally a lump of silver). One ''yuan'' is divided into 10 ''jiao'' () or colloquially ''mao'' ( "feather"). One ''jiao'' is divided into 10 ''fen'' (). The symbol for the yuan (元) is also used in Chinese to refer to the currency units of Japan and Korea, and is used to translate the currency unit ''dollar'' as well as some other currencies; for example, the US dollar is called ''Meiyuan'' () in Chinese, and the euro is called ''Ouyuan'' (). When used in English in the context of the modern foreign exchange market, the Chinese yuan (CNY) refers to the renminbi (RMB), which is the official currency used in mainland China. ==Etymology, writing and pronunciation== In Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, ''yuán'' literally means a "round object" or "round coin". During the Qing Dynasty, the yuan was a round coin made of silver. In informal contexts, the word is written with the simplified Chinese character , that literally means "beginning". In formal contexts it is written with the simplified character or with the traditional version , both meaning "round", after the shape of the coins. These are all pronounced ''yuán'' in modern Standard Chinese, but were originally pronounced differently, and remain distinct in Wu Chinese: = ', = '. In the People's Republic of China, '￥' or 'RMB' is often prefixed to the amount to indicate that the currency is the renminbi (e.g. ￥100元 or RMB 100元). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinese yuan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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