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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
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
(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 (Wugniu )
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 .
alt. forms: 圓 / 圆 ( yuán )
( 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 ”).
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
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
Tianjin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦袋瓜兒
Chengde
頭 , 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
Ulanhot
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Tongliao
腦袋
Chifeng
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子
Bayanhot
頭 , 腦袋
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
Dandong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Jinzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Dalian
頭
Yantai
頭
Yantai (Muping)
頭 , 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
Qingdao
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Lijin
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒
Zhucheng
頭
Jinan
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 腦瓜子 , 腦瓜兒
Jining
頭
Luoyang
頭 , 低腦
Wanrong
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
Lingbao
頭
Xinyang
頭
Baihe
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦瓜兒
Hanzhong
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦殼
Xi'an
𦠿 , 頭 , 腦袋 , 脊囊
Baoji
頭 , 多腦
Yinchuan
頭
Tianshui
頭 , 多腦
Lanzhou
頭 , 頭蛋骨 , 得勒 derogatory
Dunhuang
頭 , 腦瓜子 , 腦勺 , 腦勺殼子
Xining
頭 , 腦袋 , 朵落
Hami
頭 , 腦袋
Ürümqi
頭 , 腦瓜子
Ürümqi (Xigou)
頭
Ürümqi (Changshanzi)
頭
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
Hong'an
頭 , 腦殼 , 腦袋
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
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
Anqing
頭 , 腦袋瓜
Xuzhou
頭 , 腦袋 , 腦袋瓜子 , 棗木 dated, humorous
Fuyang
頭 , 腦袋
Wuhu
頭
Yangzhou
頭
Lianyungang
頭
Lianshui
頭 , 腦袋瓜子
Xinghua
頭
Nanjing
頭 , 頭兒
Hefei
頭
Nantong
頭
Singapore
頭
Mae Salong (Lancang)
頭 , 腦袋
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
頭 , 腦袋
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
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)
頭
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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)
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
Conghua (Lütian)
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
Lishi
腦袋 , 腦袋瓜兒 , 腦
Linfen
得腦
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
Xianyou
頭
Fuding (Aoyao)
頭殼
Central Min
Yong'an
頭殼 , 頭
Sanyuan
頭殼
Shaxian
頭殼
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
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
Jiangyong
腦牯
Quanzhou
腦殼
Dialectal synonyms of
元 (“yuan; dollar”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
圓 , 元
Mandarin
Beijing
塊
Taiwan
塊
Harbin
塊
Yantai (Muping)
塊
Jinan
塊
Luoyang
塊
Wanrong
塊
Xi'an
塊
Yinchuan
塊
Lanzhou
塊
Xining
塊
Ürümqi
塊
Wuhan
塊
Chengdu
塊
Guiyang
塊
Guilin
塊
Liuzhou
塊
Nanning (Wuming)
塊
Shanglin (Sanli)
塊
Xuzhou
塊
Yangzhou
塊
Nanjing
塊
Hefei
塊
Malaysia
塊
Singapore
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)
蚊
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
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
(grade 2 “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 . 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 the Middle Chinese -derived reading of the kanji characters.
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
Alternative forms
Kanji
元
(grade 2 “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