This is annoying because it looks like sheep but means the same thing as 円. (even Japanese people use ¥ and 円 interchangeably.)
HOW TO TELL THEM APART:
Yen (¥)only gots 2 horizontal lines, but sheep (羊) has 3 horizontal lines. . . because a sheep costs 3 yen.
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