Won Ji An Naked Kore Currency Bills Stock Photo © David Frklin 68424589

After world war ii ended in 1945, korea was divided, resulting in two separate currencies, both called won, for the south and the north One functions as a numeral and a pronoun, pointing to singularity and generality, while won is a verb conjugation indicating past success.

Both the southern won and the northern won replaced the yen at par Though one and won sound identical, their meanings differ significantly The first south korean won was subdivided into 100 jeon.

Korean Won currency bills — Stock Photo © david_franklin #68424589

The meaning of won is past tense and past participle of win.

/ wʌn / add to word list past simple and past participle of win (definition of won from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press)

Definition of won in oxford advanced american dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Won past tense of win Basic unit of money in north and south korea not to be confused with

Meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary South korean’s currency is the south korean won, or krw This currency uses the symbol “₩.” the currency in korea dates back hundreds of years to the joseon dynasty During joseon, koreans made use of coins made of bronze and iron, which are known as 통보 (t’ongbo) and 정보 (jeongbo), respectively.