# 元 U+5143 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5143

A Chinese character meaning “first; dollar; origin; head”, read yuán in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `元` |
| Codepoint | U+5143 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5143 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `元` `元` |
| CSS | `\5143` |
| JavaScript | `\u5143` |
| UTF-8 | E5 85 83 |
| UTF-16 | 5143 |
| Definition | first; dollar; origin; head |
| Mandarin | yuán |
| Cantonese | jyun4 |
| Japanese | GEN GAN MOTO KOUBE |
| Korean | WEN |

## Related characters

- 兂 [U+5142 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5142](https://unicodekit.com/char/5142)
- 兄 [U+5144 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5144](https://unicodekit.com/char/5144)
- 允 [U+5141 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5141](https://unicodekit.com/char/5141)
- 充 [U+5145 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5145](https://unicodekit.com/char/5145)
- 兀 [U+5140 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5140](https://unicodekit.com/char/5140)
- 兆 [U+5146 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5146](https://unicodekit.com/char/5146)
- 儿 [U+513F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513F](https://unicodekit.com/char/513F)
- 兇 [U+5147 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5147](https://unicodekit.com/char/5147)
- 儾 [U+513E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513E](https://unicodekit.com/char/513E)
- 先 [U+5148 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5148](https://unicodekit.com/char/5148)
- 儽 [U+513D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513D](https://unicodekit.com/char/513D)
- 光 [U+5149 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5149](https://unicodekit.com/char/5149)

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