Fen (currency)

For other uses, see Fen (disambiguation).

A fen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn) (Cantonese: sin [Chinese: 仙]), is a unit of currency used in Greater China, including the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong (called a cent in English) and Macao (called an avo in Portuguese). One fen is equal to 1⁄100 of a yuan or 1⁄10 of a Chinese jiao.

  • Renminbi were issued in coin denominations of 1, 2, and 5 fen[1] and also banknote denominations of 1, 2, and 5 fen.[2] The fen banknotes have stopped circulation since 1 April 2007,[3] while the fen coins are still legal tenders by de jure, but generally limited to interests settlement by banks or exchange of foreign remittances, and rarely used in normal shopping purpose, as shops usually rounded it to jiao (e.g. ¥4.55 is rounded to ¥4.60).[4]
  • The character 分 is also used to translate "cent" in other currencies. A euro cent is called 欧分; 歐分; Ōufēn in Chinese.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chinese renminbi fen coins". Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  2. ^ "Chinese renminbi fen banknotes". Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  3. ^ 2006年第15-17号 中国人民银行文告 (总第227-229号) Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine 请参见下方中国人民银行公告(2006)第10号
  4. ^ 黄阳阳 (2017-05-04). "1分钱2015年还在发行 你留好了吗？" (in Simplified Chinese). 南京晨报. Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
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