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HSK 1 · Shopping & money

元

yuán

yuan

Stroke order of 元

元 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Two strokes '二' on top of legs '儿' — a person's head, the basic unit: one yuan.

Parts: 二 two (head) + 儿 legs

Example sentence

这本书三十元。

This book costs thirty yuan.

Words with 元

美元US dollar单元unit; apartment block entrance

More words: Shopping & money

买to buy钱money钱包wallet块yuan (unit of money, spoken)毛ten cents (spoken)贵expensive商店shop; store商场shopping mall东西thing; stuff票ticket门票admission ticket书店bookstore包bag; to wrap

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