yuán

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); original; primary

HSK 3 #370

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 370th character
Radical ⼉ (10.2)
Strokes 4
Index # 80

Definitions

元 yuán
  1. 1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. 2. original
  3. 3. primary
  4. 4. fundamental
  5. 5. first
  6. 6. era (of a reign)
  7. 7. the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
  8. 8. meta- (prefix)
  9. 9. constituent
  10. 10. part
  11. 11. surname Yuan
  12. 12. variable
  13. 13. (math.) argument
  14. 14. TW (geology) eon

Stroke order

元 stroke order diagram
元 stroke order animation

Words containing 元

Word Meaning
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, a history book
new era; new epoch; New Age (movement)
top scholar in old imperial exams
top ranked scholar in imperial exam
finite element (method)
finite element method
finite element (method)
finite element (method)
Zhu Yuanzhang, first emperor of Ming
Li Boyuan, late Qing writer and journalist
Li Yuanhao, founding emperor of Western Xia
Liu Zongyuan, Tang dynasty writer and poet
modular unit
modular unit
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
euro (currency)
Eurozone
Eurozone
elimination (math)
the world; origin of the universe; time immemorial
Hong Kong dollar
Emperor Yuan of the Han dynasty
Emperor Yuan of Han, Liu Shi
Australian dollar