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元 = 一 + 兀
元 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “first”. It is built from 一 (one) and 兀 (to cut off the feet). It appears as a component in 36 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- first
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- yuán
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- первый
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 元 beginning
Decomposition
ids
Characters that contain 元
- 兘 兘
- 冦 bandits
- 刓 trim
- 园 garden
- 坃 坃
- 坖 坖
- 妧 妧
- 完 complete
- 宼 tyrannical
- 寇 bandits
- 岏 岏
- 忨 忨
- 抏 抏
- 朊 朊
- 杬 (archaic) a tree whose bark can be used in pickling
- 沅 name of a river in western hunan that flows into dongting lake
- 玩 play with
- 盶 盶
- 窛 窛
- 笎 笎
- 翫 careless
- 芫 daphne genkwa
- 蚖 蚖
- 衏 衏
- 貦 貦
- 远 distant
- 邧 town in shanxi province
- 酛 酛
- 鈨 鈨
- 阮 ancient musical instrument: surname
- 頑 obstinate
- 顽 obstinate
- 髨 髨
- 魭 魭
- 黿 large turtle
- 鼋 large turtle
How to find 元 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “one” + “to cut off the feet”. 元 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 元 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.