元 in English yuan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • currency unit (particularly Chinese yuan)
  • first
  • original
  • primary
  • fundamental
  • constituent
  • part
  • era (of a reign)
  • meta- (prefix)
  • (mathematics) argument
  • variable
  • used in Taiwan (geology) eon

Simplified Characters

元

Traditional Characters

元

Pinyin

yuan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

元yuan2surname Yuan