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元
yuán
1. unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
2. primary
3. first
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes

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

Example Sentences (2)

好呀，这家超市的蛋糕又便宜又好吃，一块只要2.99元。
Hǎo ya, zhè jiā chāoshì de dàngāo yòu piányi yòu hǎochī, yí kuài zhǐ yào 2.99 yuán.
Sure, the cakes at this supermarket are cheap and delicious; one piece is only 2.99 yuan.
Text 3
这上面写着320元。
Zhè shàngmiàn xiězhe sān bǎi èrshí yuán.
It says 320 yuan on it.
Text 2

Alternate Entries

元
Yuán
surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
HSK 3

Metadata

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