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元
Yuán
1. surname Yuan
2. the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

元
yuán
first; dollar; origin; head
HSK 3 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

复元
fùyuán
variant of [[復原|复原<fùyuán>]]
港元
Gǎngyuán
Hong Kong dollar
元音
yuányīn
vowel
广元
Guǎngyuán
Guangyuan prefecture level city in Sichuan
庆元
Qìngyuán
Qingyuan county in Lishui [[麗水|丽水<Líshuǐ>]], Zhejiang
混元
hùnyuán
time immemorial
元军
Yuánjūn
Mongol army
元青
yuánqīng
deep black
公元
gōngyuán
CE (Common Era)
HSK 5
字元
zìyuán
(computer) character (Tw)
元肉
yuánròu
dried longan pulp
元组
yuánzǔ
tuple
次元
cìyuán
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
消元
xiāoyuán
elimination (math)
元煤
yuánméi
variant of [[原煤<yuánméi>]]
元谋
Yuánmóu
Yuanmou county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture [[楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州]], Yunnan
元长
Yuáncháng
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county [[雲林縣|云林县<Yúnlínxiàn>]], Taiwan
元阳
Yuányáng
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
像元
xiàngyuán
pixel (remote sensing imagery)
元龙
yuánlóng
one that has achieved the way

Alternate Entries

元
yuán
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc) / primary / first
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
369
Word Frequency Rank
1,237 of 84,292