What is the difference between 元 (圓), 幣, and 金?












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In currency exchange booths, and in conversation, I've noticed this:




  • US dollar = 美元, 美金.

  • Hong Kong dollar = 港幣

  • Japanese Yen = 日元

  • Singapore dollar = 新幣

  • Euro = 歐元


There's also 英磅 for the pound sterling, but I understand where that comes from.



What is the difference between 元 (圓), 幣, and 金? Is there a rule for using one over the other? Or is usage based on historical and/or personal preferences?



I've personally never seen anyone use "日幣", "歐金", etc.






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  • 日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

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In currency exchange booths, and in conversation, I've noticed this:




  • US dollar = 美元, 美金.

  • Hong Kong dollar = 港幣

  • Japanese Yen = 日元

  • Singapore dollar = 新幣

  • Euro = 歐元


There's also 英磅 for the pound sterling, but I understand where that comes from.



What is the difference between 元 (圓), 幣, and 金? Is there a rule for using one over the other? Or is usage based on historical and/or personal preferences?



I've personally never seen anyone use "日幣", "歐金", etc.






word-choice usage difference







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  • 日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

    – droooze
    22 hours ago














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In currency exchange booths, and in conversation, I've noticed this:




  • US dollar = 美元, 美金.

  • Hong Kong dollar = 港幣

  • Japanese Yen = 日元

  • Singapore dollar = 新幣

  • Euro = 歐元


There's also 英磅 for the pound sterling, but I understand where that comes from.



What is the difference between 元 (圓), 幣, and 金? Is there a rule for using one over the other? Or is usage based on historical and/or personal preferences?



I've personally never seen anyone use "日幣", "歐金", etc.






word-choice usage difference







share|improve this question
















In currency exchange booths, and in conversation, I've noticed this:




  • US dollar = 美元, 美金.

  • Hong Kong dollar = 港幣

  • Japanese Yen = 日元

  • Singapore dollar = 新幣

  • Euro = 歐元


There's also 英磅 for the pound sterling, but I understand where that comes from.



What is the difference between 元 (圓), 幣, and 金? Is there a rule for using one over the other? Or is usage based on historical and/or personal preferences?



I've personally never seen anyone use "日幣", "歐金", etc.






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  • 日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

    – droooze
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  • 日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

    – droooze
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日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

– droooze
22 hours ago





日圓 is most likely due to it being 圓 (円) in Japanese.

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元/圓 (dollar) is a unit of money, 澳洲元/圓 = Australian Dollar; 美元/圓 = US Dollar



圓 is the correct character, 元 is a sound-alike shorthand



Japan only use 圓, therefore, 日圓 = Japanese Yen



幣 means 'coin' , referring to currency, 人民幣(People's coin) = China's currency; 新台幣 (New Taiwan coin) = Taiwan's currency



It is correct that choosing 圓 or 幣 mostly based on historical or personal preferences. Historically 圓 is more colloquial, general public would refer foreign coins as 圓; while 幣 is more formal and literary.



Calling 美元 as 美金 is a unique case. No other country's currency is called 金.



Back in the days when US tried to make US dollar the common currency of the world thus enable America to gain control of the world trade, they announced US dollar's value will be hooked with America's gold reserve . It meant America could only issue the amount of currency with equal value of gold in reserve. That effectively made US dollar as trust worthy as gold. American dollar was in effect, American gold. They could do that because at that time they had the largest gold reserve in the world.



Nowadays it is no longer the case, US dollar no longer hooked up with gold's value, it is now based only upon the trust on America's economy



Hong Kong people also use 紙 (as in 銀紙, meaning banknote) colloquially to refer to currency.



加紙, 加圓 and 加幣 all refer to Canadian currency



港紙, 港圓 and 港幣 all refer to Hong Kong's currency






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    Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








  • 1





    Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

    – Tang Ho
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    @droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

    – droooze
    21 hours ago












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元/圓 (dollar) is a unit of money, 澳洲元/圓 = Australian Dollar; 美元/圓 = US Dollar



圓 is the correct character, 元 is a sound-alike shorthand



Japan only use 圓, therefore, 日圓 = Japanese Yen



幣 means 'coin' , referring to currency, 人民幣(People's coin) = China's currency; 新台幣 (New Taiwan coin) = Taiwan's currency



It is correct that choosing 圓 or 幣 mostly based on historical or personal preferences. Historically 圓 is more colloquial, general public would refer foreign coins as 圓; while 幣 is more formal and literary.



Calling 美元 as 美金 is a unique case. No other country's currency is called 金.



Back in the days when US tried to make US dollar the common currency of the world thus enable America to gain control of the world trade, they announced US dollar's value will be hooked with America's gold reserve . It meant America could only issue the amount of currency with equal value of gold in reserve. That effectively made US dollar as trust worthy as gold. American dollar was in effect, American gold. They could do that because at that time they had the largest gold reserve in the world.



Nowadays it is no longer the case, US dollar no longer hooked up with gold's value, it is now based only upon the trust on America's economy



Hong Kong people also use 紙 (as in 銀紙, meaning banknote) colloquially to refer to currency.



加紙, 加圓 and 加幣 all refer to Canadian currency



港紙, 港圓 and 港幣 all refer to Hong Kong's currency






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  • 1





    Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








  • 1





    Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

    – Tang Ho
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    @droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

    – droooze
    21 hours ago
















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元/圓 (dollar) is a unit of money, 澳洲元/圓 = Australian Dollar; 美元/圓 = US Dollar



圓 is the correct character, 元 is a sound-alike shorthand



Japan only use 圓, therefore, 日圓 = Japanese Yen



幣 means 'coin' , referring to currency, 人民幣(People's coin) = China's currency; 新台幣 (New Taiwan coin) = Taiwan's currency



It is correct that choosing 圓 or 幣 mostly based on historical or personal preferences. Historically 圓 is more colloquial, general public would refer foreign coins as 圓; while 幣 is more formal and literary.



Calling 美元 as 美金 is a unique case. No other country's currency is called 金.



Back in the days when US tried to make US dollar the common currency of the world thus enable America to gain control of the world trade, they announced US dollar's value will be hooked with America's gold reserve . It meant America could only issue the amount of currency with equal value of gold in reserve. That effectively made US dollar as trust worthy as gold. American dollar was in effect, American gold. They could do that because at that time they had the largest gold reserve in the world.



Nowadays it is no longer the case, US dollar no longer hooked up with gold's value, it is now based only upon the trust on America's economy



Hong Kong people also use 紙 (as in 銀紙, meaning banknote) colloquially to refer to currency.



加紙, 加圓 and 加幣 all refer to Canadian currency



港紙, 港圓 and 港幣 all refer to Hong Kong's currency






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








  • 1





    Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

    – Tang Ho
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    @droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

    – droooze
    21 hours ago














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元/圓 (dollar) is a unit of money, 澳洲元/圓 = Australian Dollar; 美元/圓 = US Dollar



圓 is the correct character, 元 is a sound-alike shorthand



Japan only use 圓, therefore, 日圓 = Japanese Yen



幣 means 'coin' , referring to currency, 人民幣(People's coin) = China's currency; 新台幣 (New Taiwan coin) = Taiwan's currency



It is correct that choosing 圓 or 幣 mostly based on historical or personal preferences. Historically 圓 is more colloquial, general public would refer foreign coins as 圓; while 幣 is more formal and literary.



Calling 美元 as 美金 is a unique case. No other country's currency is called 金.



Back in the days when US tried to make US dollar the common currency of the world thus enable America to gain control of the world trade, they announced US dollar's value will be hooked with America's gold reserve . It meant America could only issue the amount of currency with equal value of gold in reserve. That effectively made US dollar as trust worthy as gold. American dollar was in effect, American gold. They could do that because at that time they had the largest gold reserve in the world.



Nowadays it is no longer the case, US dollar no longer hooked up with gold's value, it is now based only upon the trust on America's economy



Hong Kong people also use 紙 (as in 銀紙, meaning banknote) colloquially to refer to currency.



加紙, 加圓 and 加幣 all refer to Canadian currency



港紙, 港圓 and 港幣 all refer to Hong Kong's currency






share|improve this answer















元/圓 (dollar) is a unit of money, 澳洲元/圓 = Australian Dollar; 美元/圓 = US Dollar



圓 is the correct character, 元 is a sound-alike shorthand



Japan only use 圓, therefore, 日圓 = Japanese Yen



幣 means 'coin' , referring to currency, 人民幣(People's coin) = China's currency; 新台幣 (New Taiwan coin) = Taiwan's currency



It is correct that choosing 圓 or 幣 mostly based on historical or personal preferences. Historically 圓 is more colloquial, general public would refer foreign coins as 圓; while 幣 is more formal and literary.



Calling 美元 as 美金 is a unique case. No other country's currency is called 金.



Back in the days when US tried to make US dollar the common currency of the world thus enable America to gain control of the world trade, they announced US dollar's value will be hooked with America's gold reserve . It meant America could only issue the amount of currency with equal value of gold in reserve. That effectively made US dollar as trust worthy as gold. American dollar was in effect, American gold. They could do that because at that time they had the largest gold reserve in the world.



Nowadays it is no longer the case, US dollar no longer hooked up with gold's value, it is now based only upon the trust on America's economy



Hong Kong people also use 紙 (as in 銀紙, meaning banknote) colloquially to refer to currency.



加紙, 加圓 and 加幣 all refer to Canadian currency



港紙, 港圓 and 港幣 all refer to Hong Kong's currency







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    Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








  • 1





    Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

    – Tang Ho
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    @droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

    – droooze
    21 hours ago














  • 1





    Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








  • 1





    Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

    – Tang Ho
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    @droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

    – Flux
    21 hours ago






  • 1





    元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

    – droooze
    21 hours ago








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Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

– droooze
21 hours ago







Japanese use 圓 instead of 元 as a unit of money I'd rather say that Chinese uses 元 as a shorthand of 圓, because they're pronounced the same in Mandarin. 元 is non-official.

– droooze
21 hours ago






1




1





Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

– Flux
21 hours ago





Is 元 vs. 圓 also based on personal preferences? On Hong Kong dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰元, whereas on New Taiwan dollar bank notes, I see 壹佰圓.

– Flux
21 hours ago




1




1





圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

– Tang Ho
21 hours ago





圓 and 元 are just difference in character choice,

– Tang Ho
21 hours ago




1




1





@droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

– Flux
21 hours ago





@droooze The Hong Kong dollar uses 元.

– Flux
21 hours ago




1




1





元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

– droooze
21 hours ago





元 and 圓 are different words. They're pronounced identically in Mandarin and Cantonese, but not so in some other languages (notably Min topolects).

– droooze
21 hours ago


















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