The 元 family
元 · yuán · ㄩㄢˊ — currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
Know 元 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 完、玩、冠、頑. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 完wán · ㄨㄢˊ部首 宀 寶蓋頭 · "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖to finish; to complete; whole64%
- 玩wán · ㄨㄢˊ部首 玉 · jadeto play; to have fun64%
- 冠guān · ㄍㄨㄢ部首 冖 禿寶蓋 · "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军, 冠 etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖 or 平寶蓋|平宝盖hat; crown56%
- 頑wán · ㄨㄢˊ部首 頁 · pagemischievous; obstinate64%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 元 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 元 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 62%.
Words this family builds
- 完全
- 玩笑
- 完成
- 完美
- 美元
- 玩意
- 好玩
- 完畢
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