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Chinese symbol for “constituent”

元
yuán
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part

The closest CC-CEDICT match for constituent is 元 (yuán), defined as: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

元 yuán
first; dollar; origin; head
radical 10 ⼉ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “constituent”

WordPinyinMeaning
素sùraw silk; white
组成部分 (組成部分)zǔ chéng bù fènpart; component

Related words

Other words that share a character with 元.

WordPinyinMeaning
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
多元duō yuánpoly-; multi-
元素yuán sùelement (key component of sth); (chemistry) element
欧元 (歐元)ōu yuáneuro (currency)
公元gōng yuánCE (Common Era); Christian Era
单元 (單元)dān yuánunit (forming an entity); element

See also: Japanese symbol for “constituent”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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