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What 元 means

surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368); 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

Pictographic: A man 儿 with two lines emphasizing their head 二

Made of 二 + 儿

Words with 元

• 美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
• 元首yuán shǒuhead of state
• 元素yuán sùelement (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
• 欧元ōu yuáneuro (currency)
• 元帅yuán shuài(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
• 公元gōng yuánCE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
• 单元dān yuánunit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
• 公元前gōng yuán qiánBCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
• 元老院yuán lǎo yuànupper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly
• 元老yuán lǎosenior figure; elder; doyen
• 一元yī yuán(math.) single-variable; univariate
• 元凶yuán xiōngchief offender; main culprit

元 in a sentence

• 这个要三十欧元。

  zhè ge yào sān shí ōu yuán 。

  This will cost €30.

• 铁和氧都是化学元素。

  tiě hé yǎng dōu shì huà xué yuán sù 。

  Iron and oxygen are elements.

• 帐单金额高达100美元。

  zhàng dān jīn é gāo dá 1 0 0 měi yuán 。

  The bill amounted to 100 dollars.

• 元旦是一年的关键。

  yuán dàn shì yì nián de guān jiàn 。

  New Year's Day is the key to the year.

• 这幅画被估价数百万元。

  zhè fú huà bèi gū jià shù bǎi wàn yuán 。

  The value of the painting was estimated at several million dollars.

Characters that sound like 元

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