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
fuel pins
fuel pins
top scorer in college entrance examination gāo kǎo
biodiversity
neuron
neural network
neural network
rare earth element (chemistry)
calendar era; epoch
before the common era (BC)
before the common era (BC)
Burmese dollar
Burmese dollar
household earning about 10,000 yuan
household earning over 10,000 yuan; rich family
Cai Yuanpei, modern Chinese educator
every field can produce top talent
every field has its top people; excel in any job
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
TW Christian era; Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini)
BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
top scorer in provincial imperial exam
(math.) argument; variable
(math.) argument; variable