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Commons:Category
Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
元 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿 +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一山 (MMU ), four-corner 10211 , composition ⿱一 兀 or ⿱二 儿 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 123 , character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1340
Dae Jaweon: page 258, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 264, character 6
Unihan data for U+5143
Further reading
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 元
Shang
Western Zhou
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han )
Liushutong (compiled in Ming )
Oracle bone script
Bronze inscriptions
Small seal script
Transcribed ancient scripts
j00003
j00004
j00005
j00006
j00007
j00008
j00009
j00010
j00011
j00012
j00013
j00014
b00016
b00017
b00018
b00019
b00020
b00021
b00022
b00023
b00024
b00025
b00026
b00027
b00028
b00029
b00030
b00031
b00032
b00033
b00034
b00035
b00036
b00037
b00038
b00039
b00040
b00041
b00042
b00043
b00044
b00045
b00046
b00047
b00048
b00049
b00050
b00051
b00052
s00003
Transcribed ancient scripts
L32110
L32111
L32112
L32113
L32114
L07440
L07442
L07443
L07444
L07445
L07446
L07447
L07448
L07449
L07450
L07451
L07452
L07453
L07454
References :
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation ), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Old Chinese
冠
*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞
*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘
*ŋkoːnʔ
筦
*ŋkoːnʔ
梡
*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏
*ŋoːn
刓
*ŋoːn
园
*ŋoːn
忨
*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖
*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿
*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏
*ŋoːn
玩
*ŋoːns
貦
*ŋoːns
翫
*ŋoːns
妧
*ŋoːns
完
*ɦŋoːn
捖
*ɦŋoːn
垸
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖
*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥
*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣
*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑
*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆
*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇
*ɦŋroːnʔ
元
*ŋon
沅
*ŋon
芫
*ŋon
杬
*ŋon
邧
*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮
*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒
*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns
Pictogram (象形 ) – a figure with two lines 二 for a head (one connected to body, one above it), emphasizing the head.
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw ( “ head ” ) , with a noun-forming suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2003 ; STEDT). If so, cognate with 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ , “ruler; lord; queen”), Tibetan མགོ ( mgo , “ head; summit; beginning ” ) , མགོན ( mgon , “ protector; master; lord ” ) , Garo sko ( “ skull ” ) , Northern Tujia kho⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵ ( “ head ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ; STEDT). 原 (OC *ŋʷan , “source; origin; basic; primary”) and 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon , “large turtle”) may be the same word (Schuessler, 2007 ). It may also be related to 君 (OC *klun , “lord; prince; ruler”), 尹 (OC *ɢʷlinʔ , “magistrate; governor”), 侯 (OC *ɡoː , “marquis”) (Mei, 1985 ).
The name of the dynasty comes from the I Ching :
Part of the people with this surname are Xianbei descendants. It was changed from 拓跋 (Tuòbá ) as ordered by Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : yuán (yuan2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄩㄢˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : yuan2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : йүан (yüan, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : jyun4
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : ngun3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : nyyon4 / yon4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : ngièn / ngiàn
(Hailu , HRS ) : ngien
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : ngian2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : ye1
Northern Min (KCR ) : ngṳ̂ing
Eastern Min (BUC ) : nguòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : goân
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : nguang5 / nguêng5 / ngang5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 gnioe; 6 yoe
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : yenn2
Note :
nyyon4 - vernacular;
yon4 - literary.
Note :
nguang5 - Shantou;
nguêng5 - Chaozhou;
ngang5 - used in 開元 .
Note :
6 gnioe - vernacular;
6 yoe - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
元
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
yuán
Middle Chinese
‹ ngjwon ›
Old Chinese
/*o/ (< nasal + uvular)
English
head; first
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
元
Reading #
1/1
No.
16145
Phonetic component
元
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
元
Old Chinese
/*ŋon/
Definitions
元
† head
first ; primary ; head ; chief
basic ; fundamental
origin ; source
Synonym: 原 ( yuán )
meta-
Classifier for yuan or dollars .
Alternative form: 圓 / 圆
( mathematics ) variable ; unknown ; element
消元 法 ― xiāoyuán fǎ ― method of elimination (literally, “method of eliminating matrix elements ”)
立 天元 一 [Classical Chinese ] ― lì tiānyuán yī ― Let x be the unknown variable in the equation.
主元 ― zhǔyuán ― pivot
( mathematics ) element ( an infinitesimal interval of a quantity , a differential )
線 元 / 线 元 ― xiànyuán ― line element
( ~朝 ) Yuan Dynasty
元 曲 ― yuán qū ― Yuan dynasty theater
( ~日 ) ( telegraphy ) the thirteenth day of a month
a surname
元 好 問 / 元 好 问 ― Yuán Hàowèn ― Yuan Haowen (Jin dynasty poet)
( Taoism ) kalpa , a cosmic or supreme cycle of 129,000 years
( Hong Kong ) Short for 元朗 (Yuánlǎng , “Yuen Long ”).
Alternative form of 玄 ( xuán ) (contained in the name of 玄燁 )
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
頭 (“head”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
首 , 元 , 頭 , 元首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
頭 , 頭部 , 頭顱 , 頭腦
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦殼兒 , 腦殼 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子 , 老屋子
Taiwan
頭 , 腦袋
Chengde
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒
Ulanhot
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Tongliao
腦袋
Chifeng
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Heihe
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子
Qiqihar
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Harbin
頭 , 腦殼兒 , 腦殼子 , 腦子 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦瓜子 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子
Jiamusi
頭 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Baicheng
頭 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Changchun
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Tonghua
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Shenyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Jinzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Singapore
頭
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
腦袋
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦袋瓜兒
Tangshan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Cangzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦殼兒
Baoding
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Shijiazhuang
頭 , 腦袋
Lijin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Jinan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
頭
Dandong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Yantai
頭
Yantai (Muping)
頭 , 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
Qingdao
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zhucheng
頭
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
頭 , 低腦
Lingbao
頭
Jining
頭
Wanrong
得腦
Linfen
得腦
Shangqiu
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Yuanyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜兒
Zhengzhou
頭 , 腦袋
Kaifeng
腦袋
Xinyang
頭
Baihe
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜兒
Xi'an
𦠿 , 頭 , 腦袋 , 脊囊
Baoji
頭 , 多腦
Tianshui
頭 , 多腦
Xining
頭 , 腦袋 , 朵落
Xuzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 棗木 dated, humorous
Fuyang
頭 , 腦袋
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
頭
Bayanhot
頭 , 腦袋
Lanzhou
頭 , 頭蛋骨 , 得勒 derogatory
Dunhuang
頭 , 腦瓜子 , 腦勺 , 腦勺殼子
Hami
頭 , 腦袋
Ürümqi
頭 , 腦瓜子
Ürümqi (Xigou)
頭
Ürümqi (Changshanzi)
頭
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
腦殼
Nanchong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Dazhou
腦殼
Hanyuan
腦殼
Xichang
腦殼 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zigong
頭 , 腦殼
Chongqing
腦殼 , 沙罐兒
Wuhan
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦瓜子
Yichang
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Xiangyang
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Tianmen
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Guiyang
腦殼
Zunyi
腦袋 , 腦殼兒
Bijie
腦殼
Liping
腦袋 , 腦殼
Zhaotong
腦殼
Dali
腦殼
Kunming
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦袋
Mengzi
頭 , 腦殼
Guilin
頭 , 腦殼
Liuzhou
頭 , 頭殼 , 腦殼
Tianlin (Langping)
腦殼
Jishou
頭 , 腦殼
Changde
腦殼
Hanzhong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Mae Salong (Lancang)
頭 , 腦袋
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
頭 , 腦袋
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
頭 , 頭兒
Yangzhou
頭
Lianyungang
頭
Lianshui
頭 , 腦袋瓜子
Xinghua
頭
Nantong
頭
Anqing
頭 , 腦袋瓜
Wuhu
頭
Hefei
頭
Hong'an
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦袋
Cantonese
Guangzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Hong Kong
頭 , 頭殼
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
頭殼
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
頭殼
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
頭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
頭
Macau
頭
Guangzhou (Panyu)
頭 , 頭殼
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
頭
Guangzhou (Conghua)
頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
頭 , 頭殼
Foshan
頭 , 頭殼
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
頭
Foshan (Shunde)
頭
Foshan (Sanshui)
頭殼
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
頭
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
頭
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
頭
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
頭
Zhuhai (Doumen)
頭 , 頭殼
Jiangmen (Baisha)
頭
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
頭
Taishan
頭
Kaiping (Chikan)
頭
Enping (Niujiang)
頭
Heshan (Yayao)
頭
Dongguan
腦殼 , 頭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
頭殼
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
頭
Qingyuan
頭
Fogang
頭
Yingde (Hanguang)
頭殼
Yangshan
頭
Lianshan (Butian)
頭
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
頭
Shaoguan
頭 , 頭殼
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
頭
Renhua
頭乸殼
Lechang
頭
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
頭
Sihui
頭
Guangning
頭
Deqing
頭
Huaiji
頭 , 羅殼
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
頭
Yunfu
頭 , 頭殼
Xinxing
頭 , 頭殼
Luoding
頭
Yunan (Pingtai)
頭
Yangjiang
頭殼
Xinyi
頭 , 頭殼
Maoming (Xinpo)
頭 , 頭殼
Lianjiang
頭 , 頭殼
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
頭
Nanning
頭 , 頭殼
Wuzhou
頭
Yulin
頭 , 頭殼
Hepu (Lianzhou)
頭殼
Hepu (Shatian)
頭骨
Guiping
頭
Mengshan (Xihe)
頭
Guigang (Nanjiang)
頭
Baise
頭
Bobai
頭
Lingshan
頭
Pubei
頭
Qinzhou
頭
Beihai
頭
Beihai (Nankang)
頭殼
Beihai (Yingpan)
頭殼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
頭
Ningming
頭
Hengzhou
頭
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
頭
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)
頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
頭
Singapore (Guangfu)
頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
頭
Móng Cái
頭
Gan
Nanchang
頭 , 腦蓋
Lichuan
頭 , 腦
Pingxiang
腦殼
Hakka
Meixian
頭那
Xingning
頭那
Dabu (Xihe)
頭那
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那 , 頭殼
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huiyang
頭那
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Huidong (Daling)
頭那
Dongguan (Qingxi)
頭那
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
頭那
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Boluo (Bendihua)
頭 , 那殼
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
頭那
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
頭
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
頭那
Wuhua (Huacheng)
頭那 , 頭
Wuhua (Changbu)
頭那
Wuhua (Mianyang)
頭那
Wuhua (Meilin)
頭那
Heyuan (Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
頭那
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
頭那
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
頭那
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
頭那
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Wengyuan
頭那
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
頭那
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
頭 , 頭那
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
頭那 , 頭
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
頭那
Liannan
頭
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
頭
Jiexi
頭那
Luhe
頭那
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
頭那
Changting
頭那
Wuping
頭那
Wuping (Yanqian)
頭那
Wuping (Pingyu)
頭那
Liancheng
頭那
Ninghua
腦殼
Yudu
頭 , 腦蓋 , 腦殼
Ningdu
腦蓋
Ruijin
腦蓋 , 頭那殼
Shicheng
腦蓋 , 腦殼
Shangyou (Shexi)
腦蓋
Tonggu (Sandu)
頭那
Ganzhou (Panlong)
腦蓋
Dayu
腦骨窠
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
頭那
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
頭那
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
頭那
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
頭那
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
頭那
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
頭那
Hong Kong
頭那
Yangxi (Tangkou)
頭
Yangchun (Sanjia)
頭殼
Xinyi (Sihe)
頭
Xinyi (Qianpai)
頭
Gaozhou (Xindong)
頭 , 頭殼
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
頭殼
Huazhou (Xin'an)
頭殼
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
頭殼
Lianjiang (Qingping)
頭殼
Mengshan (Xihe)
頭腦
Luchuan
頭殼
Luchuan (Daqiao)
頭
Bobai (Shahe)
頭 , 頭殼
Beiliu (Tang'an)
頭那
Mashan (Pianlian)
頭那
Sabah (Longchuan)
頭那
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
頭那
Senai (Huiyang)
頭那
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
頭
Singkawang
頭那
Singapore (Meixian)
頭那
Singapore (Dabu)
頭那
Huizhou
Jixi
頭 , 腦殼
Shexian
頭 , 頭腦殼
Jin
Taiyuan
得腦 , 頭 , 腦袋 , 乾骷髏 derogatory , 骷髏 derogatory
Pingyao
得腦
Yangyuan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦瓜兒
Datong
頭 , 腦袋
Xinzhou
得腦 , 頭 , 腦袋
Lüliang (Lishi)
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦
Changzhi
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Taibus (Baochang)
頭
Linhe
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Jining
頭 , 腦袋
Hohhot
頭 , 腦袋 , 得腦
Baotou
腦袋
Dongsheng
頭
Haibowan
腦袋
Erenhot
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Pingshan
頭 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zhangjiakou
頭 , 腦袋
Handan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Linzhou
頭 , 得腦哦
Suide
頭 , 腦
Northern Min
Jian'ou
頭
Jian'ou (Dikou)
頭
Songxi
頭
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
頭
Jianyang
頭
Wuyishan
腦殼
Pucheng (Shibei)
頭
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
頭 , 頭腦 , 頭首
Lianjiang
頭
Fuqing
頭
Gutian
頭
Pingnan
頭
Fu'an
頭
Ningde
頭子
Xiapu
頭
Shouning
頭
Zhouning
頭
Fuding
頭
Matsu
頭 , 頭首
Southern Min
Xiamen
頭 , 頭殼
Xiamen (Tong'an)
頭殼
Quanzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Jinjiang
頭殼
Hui'an
頭殼
Anxi
頭殼
Yongchun
頭殼
Dehua
頭殼
Zhangzhou
頭 , 頭殼
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
頭殼
Hua'an
頭殼
Pinghe
頭殼
Zhangpu
頭殼
Yunxiao
頭碗
Zhao'an
頭殼
Dongshan
頭
Taipei
頭 , 頭殼
Taipei (Wanhua)
頭殼
New Taipei (Sanxia)
頭 , 頭殼
Kaohsiung
頭 , 頭殼
Yilan
頭 , 頭殼
Changhua (Lukang)
頭 , 頭殼
Taichung
頭殼
Taichung (Wuqi)
頭殼
Tainan
頭 , 頭殼
Taitung
頭殼
Hsinchu
頭殼
Kinmen
頭殼
Penghu (Magong)
頭殼
Penang (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Singapore (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Manila (Hokkien)
頭 , 頭殼
Longyan
頭殼
Datian
頭殼
Pingnan (Shangdu)
頭
Chaozhou
頭殼
Shantou
頭殼 , 頭 , 腦殼
Shantou (Chenghai)
頭殼
Shantou (Chaoyang)
頭 , 頭殼
Jieyang
頭 , 頭殼
Lufeng
頭殼
Haifeng
頭 , 頭殼 , 頭殼顱
Bangkok (Teochew)
頭
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
頭
Singapore (Teochew)
頭
Batam (Teochew)
頭
Leizhou
頭 , 頭顱 , 殼升
Wenchang
頭
Haikou
頭顱 , 頭殼
Qionghai
頭 , 頭顱
Puxian Min
Putian
頭 , 頭末
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
頭
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
頭末
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
頭
Xianyou
頭
Xianyou (Fengting)
頭
Xianyou (Youyang)
頭 , 頭囝
Fuding (Aoyao)
頭殼
Central Min
Yong'an
頭殼 , 頭
Sanming (Sanyuan)
頭殼
Sanming (Shaxian)
頭殼
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
頭殼
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
頭 , 頭殼
Nanning (Xinxu)
頭
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
頭
Wu
Shanghai
頭 , 腦袋 , 頭骷顱 , 骷顱頭 often derogatory , 骷郎頭 often derogatory
Shanghai (Chongming)
頭爿
Suzhou
頭 , 骷郎頭 , 六斤四兩
Danyang
頭 , 腦袋瓜 , 頭骷郎
Hangzhou
頭 , 腦頭瓜
Ningbo
骷顱頭 , 骷郎頭 , 頭 , 骷顱頭甏 derogatory , 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory , 六斤四兩 humorous
Wenzhou
頭 , 六斤四 secret
Jinhua
頭 , 葫粒頭 humorous
Xiang
Changsha
腦殼
Xiangxiang
腦殼
Loudi
腦殼
Shuangfeng
腦殼
Hengyang
腦殼
Quanzhou
腦殼
Xiangnan Tuhua
Jiangyong
腦牯
Dialectal synonyms of
元 (“yuan; dollar”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
圓 , 元
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
塊
Taiwan
塊
Harbin
塊
Malaysia
塊
Singapore
塊
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
塊
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
塊
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
塊
Wanrong
塊
Xi'an
塊
Xining
塊
Xuzhou
塊
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
塊
Lanzhou
塊
Ürümqi
塊
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
塊
Wuhan
塊
Guiyang
塊
Guilin
塊
Liuzhou
塊
Nanning (Wuming)
塊
Shanglin (Sanli)
塊
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
塊
Yangzhou
塊
Hefei
塊
Cantonese
Guangzhou
蚊 , 蚊雞 , 雞士 , 個 , 銀
Hong Kong
蚊 , 蚊雞 , 雞士 , 個 , 銀 , 雞嘢
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
蚊
Macau
蚊
Guangzhou (Panyu)
蚊
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
蚊
Guangzhou (Conghua)
蚊
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
蚊
Foshan
蚊
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
文
Foshan (Shunde)
蚊
Foshan (Sanshui)
蚊雞
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
蚊雞
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
蚊
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
蚊
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
蚊
Zhuhai (Doumen)
蚊
Jiangmen (Baisha)
蚊
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
蚊
Taishan
蚊
Kaiping (Chikan)
蚊
Enping (Niujiang)
蚊
Heshan (Yayao)
蚊
Dongguan
蚊 , 蚊雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
蚊
Qingyuan
蚊
Fogang
蚊
Yingde (Hanguang)
蚊
Yangshan
蚊
Lianshan (Butian)
蚊
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
蚊
Shaoguan
蚊
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
蚊
Renhua
蚊雞
Lechang
蚊
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
蚊
Sihui
蚊雞
Deqing
蚊
Huaiji
蚊
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
蚊
Yunfu
蚊
Xinxing
蚊
Luoding
蚊
Yunan (Pingtai)
蚊
Yangjiang
蚊 , 個
Lianjiang
蚊
Nanning
蚊
Hepu (Lianzhou)
蚊
Qinzhou
蚊
Beihai
蚊
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
蚊
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
蚊
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
蚊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
箍 , 蚊
Penang (Guangfu)
蚊
Singapore (Guangfu)
蚊 , 箍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
蚊
Móng Cái
蚊
Gan
Nanchang
塊
Lichuan
塊
Pingxiang
塊
Hakka
Meixian
塊
Xingning
吊
Yudu
塊
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
銀 , 箍
Hong Kong
塊 , 蚊
Sabah (Longchuan)
箍
Senai (Huiyang)
箍
Kuching (Hepo)
箍
Singkawang
盾
Singapore (Dabu)
箍
Huizhou
Jixi
塊
Jin
Taiyuan
塊
Xinzhou
塊
Northern Min
Jian'ou
塊
Pucheng (Shibei)
塊
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
塊
Fuqing
塊
Matsu
塊
Southern Min
Xiamen
箍
Xiamen (Tong'an)
箍
Quanzhou
箍
Shishi
箍
Zhangzhou
箍
Zhao'an
箍
Dongshan
箍
Taipei
箍
New Taipei (Sanxia)
箍
Kaohsiung
箍
Yilan
箍
Changhua (Lukang)
箍
Taichung
箍
Tainan
箍
Hsinchu
箍
Kinmen
箍
Penghu (Magong)
箍
Penang (Hokkien)
箍
Singapore (Hokkien)
箍
Manila (Hokkien)
箍
Chaozhou
銀 , 箍 , 個 , 個銀
Shantou
銀 , 個 , 箍 dated , 個銀
Shantou (Chenghai)
銀
Jieyang
個 , 個銀
Haifeng
個銀
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
箍
Singapore (Teochew)
箍 , 個銀
Leizhou
個
Wenchang
銀 , 個
Haikou
個銀 , 銀
Qionghai
銀
Singapore (Hainanese)
箍
Puxian Min
Putian
個
Xianyou
個
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
蚊
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
蚊 , 蚊雞
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
塊
Wu
Shanghai
塊
Shanghai (Chongming)
塊
Suzhou
塊
Danyang
塊
Hangzhou
塊
Wenzhou
個
Jinhua
塊
Xiang
Changsha
塊
Loudi
塊
Shuangfeng
塊
Quanzhou
塊
See also
Dynasties (朝代 ) in Chinese history
Name
Time period
Divisions
Xia 夏 (~朝 , ~代 )
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (~朝 , ~代 ) 殷 (~朝 , ~代 )
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (~朝 , ~代 )
1046 – 256 BCE
Western Zhou 西周
Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周
Spring and Autumn period 春秋
Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (~朝 , ~代 )
221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (~朝 , ~代 )
206 BCE – 220 C.E.
Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
Xin 新 (~朝 )
Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国
220 – 280 C.E.
Wei 魏
Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (~朝 , ~代 )
265 – 420 C.E.
Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝
420 – 589 C.E.
Northern dynasties 北朝
Northern Wei 北魏
Western Wei 西魏
Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
Northern Zhou 北周
Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
Southern dynasties 南朝
Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
Liang 梁 (~朝 , ~代 )
Chen 陳 / 陈 (~朝 , ~代 )
Sui 隋 (~朝 , ~代 )
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (~朝 , ~代 )
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (~朝 , ~代 )
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (~朝 , ~代 )
960 – 1279 C.E.
Northern Song 北宋
Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (~朝 , ~代 )
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (~朝 , ~代 )
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (~朝 , ~代 )
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (~朝 , ~代 )
1636 – 1912 C.E.
Compounds
Descendants
→ English: yuan
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 元 – see 圓 (“circle ; circular ; round ; etc.”). (This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and second-round simplified form of 圓 ).Notes:
References
Japanese
Kanji
元
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
本 原 基 素
⟨mo2 to2 ⟩ → /moto/
From Old Japanese . Cited to the Kojiki of 712 CE .[ 1] From Proto-Japonic *mətə . Cognate with Okinawan 元 ( mutu ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
元( もと ) • (moto )
cause , origin
basis , foundation
cost
元( もと ) がとれるmoto ga toreruto be able to cover the cost
( finance ) capital
2000円( にせんえん ) の元( もと ) を取( と ) るnisen-en no moto o toru to get one's 2000 yen's worth (literally, “to take the 2000 yen principal ”)
principal
Derived terms
Prefix
元( もと ) • (moto- )
former , erstwhile
元( もと ) カレ 、元( もと ) カノmoto kare, moto kanoformer boyfriend, former girlfriend
プロジェクト の元( もと ) ・担( たん ) 当( とう ) 者( しゃ ) の田( た ) 中( なか ) 氏( し ) purojekuto no moto tantōsha no Tanaka-shi former project manager Tanaka
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 元 (MC ngjwon )
Proper noun
元( げん ) • (Gen )
the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Noun
元( げん ) • (gen )
yuan ( currency )
Synonym: ユアン
Etymology 3
From 始( はじ ) め ( hajime , “ beginning ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
元( はじめ ) • (Hajime )
a male given name
References
Korean
Hanja
元 (eumhun 으뜸 원 ( eutteum won ) )
Hanja form? of 원 ( “ chief ” ) .
Okinawan
Kanji
元
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Proto-Ryukyuan *moto , from Proto-Japonic *mətə . Cognate with mainland Japanese 元 ( moto ) .
Noun
元( むとぅ ) or 元( むーとぅ ) (mutu or mūtu )
cause , origin
basis , foundation
cost
origin
( finance ) capital
principal
Vietnamese
Han character
元 : Hán Nôm readings: nguyên , nguyễn
source, origin, base
a family name