元
Meaning
- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
Example sentence
只要十元！
It only costs $10.00!
The character 元
元 is the first or the original — 元旦 is the year's first day. It is also the written unit of money that speech calls 块: 一百元. 美元 is the dollar and 公元 the Common Era.