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
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
Marshal Zhao, Taoist god of wealth
Marshal Zhao, Taoist God of Wealth
light element (such as hydrogen)
light element (such as hydrogen)
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
silver dollar; flat silver (former coinage)
actinides; actinoid series of elements
actinide elements; actinium series
lanthanide series rare earth elements
lanthanide elements; rare earth metals
close vowel
close vowel
Kaiyuan era of Tang emperor Xuanzong
Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty
founding father of a country; founding hero
founding father of a state; key founder
founding father of a nation; key founding figure
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
additional element; (computing) add-on; plug-in
Tang general Chen Yuanguang, founder of Zhangzhou
Chen Yuanguang, Tang general; opened Zhangzhou
diphthong
diphthong