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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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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]

(radical 10 +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一山 (MMU), four-corner 10211, composition)

  1. first
  2. unit of currency (substitution of )
  3. origin
  4. head

Synonyms [edit]

  • (first):
  • (unit of currency):
  • (origin):
  • (head):

Derived characters [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

See also [edit]

  • (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]

(jyutping jyun4, Yale yun4)

Noun [edit]

  1. yuan, unit of currency of renminbi (RMB)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana もと, romaji moto)

  1. cause, origin
  2. basis, foundation
  3. cost
    • 元がとれる
      もとがとれる
      moto ga toreru
      to be able to cover the cost
  4. (finance) capital
  5. principal

Alternative forms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

(hiragana はじめ, romaji Hajime)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: won, McCune-Reischauer: wŏn)

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin ruì (rui4), yuán (yuan2), yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles jui4, yüan2, yüeh4)

simpl. and trad.

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin yuán)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) first; primary
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) basic; fundamental
  3. yuan, unit of currency of renminbi (RMB)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*ngiuæn)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(nguyên)