Memory phrase for the character: 元

元

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Meaning

Yuan, Chinese monetary unit, primary, first

Pronunciation

yuán

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Shows two 二 legs 儿, perhaps as they move like the circulation of the Yuan?

Radicals

儿 legsSimplified from 兒 with the meaning 'son'. In the explanations used as 'two legs'.
元 yuan




 Vocabulary

元件 yuán jiàn  element; component
元素 yuán sù  element; element of a set; chemical element
单元 dān yuán  unit; entrance number; staircase (for residential buildings)
元年 yuán nián  first year of Emperor's reign
 
元帅 yuán shuài  marshal (in the army)
蔡元培 Cài Yuán péi  Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist, studied in Germany, President of Beijing University 1917-19, minister of education for Guomindang
开国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn  founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or school etc; ounding father; fig. also used of company, school etc
 
 

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