元 meaning and pronunciation

元
Simplified/traditional character

元 English definition

yuán
  • unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
  • primary
  • first

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 円 : yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆;
  • 原 : former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source;
  • 员 : person; employee; member;
  • 員 : member
  • 园 : site used for public recreation; land used for growing plants;
  • 圆 : circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify;
  • 垣 : wall;
  • 塬 : plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2];
  • 媛 : beautiful (woman);
  • 嫄 : name of an empress;
  • 援 : to help; to assist; to aid;
  • 橼 : Citrus medica;
  • 沅 : Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan;
  • 湲 : rushing (water);
  • 源 : root; source; origin;
  • 爰 : therefore; consequently; thus; hence; thereupon; it follows that; where?; to change (into); ancient unit of weight and money;
  • 猭 : ape; Hylobates agilis;
  • 猿 : ape;
  • 笎 : bamboo with black patches;
  • 縁 : Japanese variant of 緣|缘;
  • 缘 : cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along;
  • 羱 : large-horned wild goat;
  • 芫 : lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine;
  • 蚖 : Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander; newt; triton;
  • 蝝 : locust larva without wings;
  • 螈 : salamander; newt;
  • 袁 : long robe (old);
  • 辕 : shafts of a cart or carriage
  • 邧 : place name;
  • 騵 : chestnut horse with white belly;
  • 鼋 : sea turtle;

Sentences examples with 元

  • 这块手表 600元。
    Zhè kuài shǒubiǎo 600 yuán.
  • 这个自行车五百多元。
    Zhège zìxíngchē wǔbǎi duō yuán.
  • 这个手机一千元。
    Zhège shǒujī yīqiān yuán.
  • 葡萄五元一斤。
    Pútáo wǔ yuán yī jīn.

Words containing 元, by HSK level

遇 愿