元
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Translingual [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Pictogram (象形) – a figure with two lines 二 for a head (one connected to body, one above it), emphasizing the head.
Han character [edit]
元 (radical 10 儿+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一山 (MMU), four-corner 10211, composition ⿱二儿)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived characters [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
- 开 (graphically similar)
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 123, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1340
- Dae Jaweon: page 258, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 264, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5143
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
元 (jyutping jyun4, Yale yun4)
Noun [edit]
元
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
Noun [edit]
- cause, origin
- basis, foundation
- cost
- 元がとれる
もとがとれる
moto ga toreru
to be able to cover the cost
- 元がとれる
- (finance) capital
- principal
Alternative forms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
元 (hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)
- A male given name
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
元
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 원 (revised: won, McCune-Reischauer: wŏn)
- Name (hangeul): 으뜸()
Mandarin [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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audio (file)
Hanzi [edit]
元 (pinyin ruì (rui4), yuán (yuan2), yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles jui4, yüan2, yüeh4)
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Noun [edit]
元 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuán)
- (Beginning Mandarin) first; primary
- (Beginning Mandarin) basic; fundamental
- yuan, unit of currency of renminbi (RMB)
Compounds [edit]
Middle Chinese [edit]
Han character [edit]
元 (*ngiuæn)
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
元 (nguyên)
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- Cantonese nouns
- Grade 2 kanji
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- Japanese proper nouns
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- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese terms spelled with 元
- Korean hanja
- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
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- cmn:Beginning Mandarin in simplified script
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