元

Kana: げん

yuan (Chinese currency)

⛩️ Japanese Level 3 🔢 Numbers & Measure

Example sentence

この雑誌は十五元です。

このざっしはじゅうごげんです。

This magazine is fifteen yuan.

What 元 means

元 (げん) is a Japanese word meaning “yuan (Chinese currency)”. It appears in the Level 3 collection, under Numbers & Measure.

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Level 3

着ちゃく counter for clothes 数量すうりょう quantity 種類しゅるい type; category 分のぶんの ...ths (fraction marker) 人前にんまえ counter for servings/portions 食しょく counter for meals

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