元 (yuán): meaning and stroke order
元 (yuán) means currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan), (bound form) first; original; primary.
元
- Simplified
- 元
- Traditional
- 元 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yuán
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Stroke order of 元
元
- Yuán surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 元
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yuán
- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon
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Yuán
- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Radical and structure
- 元
- Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 4 strokes · 一 on top, 兀 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 元
- 元宝 Yuán bǎo Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning
- 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]
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).