| 元 | 435C05 30.70 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄩㄢˊ [yUan2] | ||
| N. | (1) Dollar (var. 圓), coin: 銅元 a copper coin; 銀元 a dollar; 金元 gold dollar; 美元 American dollar; 拾元 $10, 百元 $100. (2) (Phil.) origin: 一元論，多元論 monistic, pluralistic universe; 二元論 dualism. (3) (Math.) term. (4) The 元朝 [yUan2] or Mongol Dyn. (1277-1368 A.D.). (5) The head, chief: 元首，元戎 [yUan2shou3], [yUan2rong2]↓. (6) Vital state, vitality: 復元 recover in health; 還元 come back to life; 元氣 [yUan2qi4]↓. (7) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) The first (day, wife, etc.): 元旦，元配 [yUan2dan4], [yUan2pei4]↓; 元元本本（also wr. 原原) (tell) in detail from very beginning; closely related 原 51A.01. (2) Old, eminent: 元老，元勳 [yUan1lao3], [yUan1xUn1]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 元板 [yUan2ban3], n., (Chin. opera) one-beat rhythm. 2. 元寶 [yUan2bao3], n., (1) a coin; (2) a silver ingot of 50 taels. 3. 元本 [yUan2ben3], n., (1) the origin (also wr. 原); (2) original capital investment; (3) a Yuarn Dyn. edition. 4. 元辰 [yUan2chen2], n., (1) New Year's Day (=元旦); (2) a propitious day. 5. 元氣 [yUan2qi4], n., vitality, vital energy. 6. 元青 [yUan2qing1], adj., deep black (also 玄青). 7. 元春 [yUan2chun1], n., New Year. 8. 元旦 [yUan2dan4], n., New Year's Day. 9. 元惡 [yUan2e4], n., first or great culprit. 10. 元老 [yUan2lao3], n., a veteran statesman. 11. 元年 [yUan2nian2], n., the first year: 公曆元年 the year 1 A.D.; 民國元年 first year of the Republic, 1911. 12. 元配 [yUan2pei4], n., the first wife; also called 德配. 13. 元戎 [yUan2rong2], n., (1) commander in chief; (2) (AC) chariot. 14. 元色 [yUan2se4], n., black color, see [yUan2qing1]↑ (also 玄色 as var.). 15. 元宵 [yUan2xiao1], n., (1) the night of 上元 or 15th day of first lunar month; (2) sweet dumplings. 16. 元夕 [yUan2xi4], n., ditto. 17. 元首 [yUan2shou3], n., chief of state. 18. 元書紙 [yUan2shu1zhi3], n., a kind of writing paper. 19. 元帥 [yUan2shuai4], n., commander in chief. 20. 元勳 [yUan2xUn1], n., as in 開國元勳 a founding father of a country. 21. 元兇 [yUan2xiong1], n., chief culprit of rebellion. 22. 元始 [yUan2shi3], n., beginnings (of history, country, etc.), more commonly wr. 原始. 23. 元素 [yUan2su4], n., (chem.) element (also wr. 原素), list of elements, see Appendix F. 24. 元孫 [yUan2sun1], n., (LL) great-grandson, see 玄孫 60.93. 25. 元宰 [yUan2zai3], n., (LL) prime minister. 26. 元夜 [yUan2ye4], n., see [yUan2xi4], [yUan2xiao1]↑. 27. 元音 [yUan2yin1], n., vowel. 28. 元月 [yUan2yUe4], n., January. | |||||