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Information of 元

Pinyinyuán

Radical

二

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

★★★★★

Definition

(dynasty) / dollar / primary / first

元 [yuán] 名 1. 头、首、始、大: head; chief; beginning; large. 例: ～凶。～首。～旦。～年。～勋。～帅。状～（科举考试第一名）。 2. 基本: basic. 例: 单～。～件。～气（精气，根本）。～素。～音。 3. 同“圆”: same as "round". 4. 未知数: unknown number. 例: 一～二次方程 (a variable in an equation). 5. 中国朝代名: name of a Chinese dynasty. 例: ～代。～曲。 6. 姓: surname. 7. 古同“玄”: ancient same as "black"; to avoid using the name of Emperor Kangxi (玄烨), replaced “玄” with “元”. 形 1. 第一，居首位的: first; primary. 例: 元题(第一道题); 元首(首领). 2. 大: great. 例: 元功巨勋(比喻巨大功勋); 元庸(卓越的成就). 3. 善;吉: good; auspicious. 例: 元夫(善良的人); 元正(为人正直). 4. 本来;向来;原来: originally; primarily. 例: 元物(原来的事物); 元名(原本的名字). 5. 黑色: black. 例: 元色(黑色); 元狐(黑色的狐狸). Additional meanings: 1. 天: Heaven. 例: 元机 (Heaven’s plan). 3. 君: king; emperor. 例: 元龙(皇帝). 4. 开始;起端: beginning. 例: 元始天尊(道教的最高神). 5. 根源;根本: source; origin. 例: 元本(根本). 6. 指元气: refers to vitality. 例: 元炁(元气). 7. 道家所谓的道: Taoist concept of that which is. 9. 朝代名: Yuan Dynasty. 1206年, 成吉思汗建立蒙古汗国. 10. 数学名词: in mathematics, a variable. 例: 一元二次方程 (quadratic equation). 11. 民众，百姓: common people. 例: 元元之民(百姓). 12. 在各国多种硬币中，仿古德国银质硬币塔勒: dollar. 例: 金元. 13. 中国基本货币单位: yuan.

元宵 yuán xiāo

Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings

元宵节 Yuán xiāo jié

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

开元寺 kāi yuán sì

kaiyuan temple

元凶 yuán xiōng

chief offender / main culprit

鱼氽元 yú tǔn yuán

Yuluyuan

美元 Měi yuán

American dollar / US dollar

公元 gōng yuán

CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)

元素 yuán sù

element / element of a set / chemical element

元年 yuán nián

first year of an emperor's reign

公元前 gōng yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)

元代 Yuán dài

the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

元朝 Yuán cháo

Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

单元 dān yuán

unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

状元 zhuàng yuán

top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light

三元 sān yuán

ternary

日元 Rì yuán

Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆

元首 yuán shǒu

head of state

元旦 Yuán dàn

New Year's Day

多元 duō yuán

poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)

多元化 duō yuán huà

diversification / pluralism / to diversify

千元 qiān yuán

Thousand

港元 Gǎng yuán

Hong Kong dollar

澳元 Ào yuán

Australian dollar

亿美元 yì měi yuán

billions of dollars

亿多元 yì duō yuán

Billion yuan

百亿元 bǎi yì yuán

Tens of billions

亿日元 yì rì yuán

Billion yen

亿港元 yì gǎng yuán

Billion Hong Kong dollars

万亿元 wàn yì yuán

Trillion

稀土元素 xī tǔ yuán sù

rare earth element (chemistry)

Input Method for 元

Pinyinyuan2

Wubi

fqb

Cangjie

mmu

Zhengma

bdrd

Four Corner

10212

Unicode

U+5143

Same Pronunciation Characters

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Same Radical Characters

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