元 yuán▶ elemen; yuan

Stroke order

元 is written in 4 strokes.

• 元

Senses

1. surname Yuan
2. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

Example sentences

• 这本书二十元。Zhè běn shū èrshí yuán.This book costs twenty yuan.
• 我给了他五十元。Wǒ gěi le tā wǔshí yuán.I gave him fifty yuan.

Related words

• 元旦Hari Tahun Baru
• 公元Masehi
• 单元unit
• 元素elemen
• 元首Kepala negara
• 元宵节Festival Lampion

元 is pronounced yuán and means “elemen; yuan”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 元 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.