日元 (Rì yuán) — yen (Japanese currency)

Definition

noun

yen (Japanese currency)

日元。
Wǒ qù yín háng huàn le yì xiē Rì yuán.
I went to the bank and exchanged some yen.
日元。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng wǒ dài le wǔ wàn Rì yuán.
I brought 50,000 yen for this trip.
日元。
Rì yuán Duì měi yuán de huì lǜ jīn tiān shàng zhǎng le.
The yen-to-dollar exchange rate rose today.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

日 refers to Japan, and 元 is a unit of money; together they name the Japanese currency.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 元 shows a figure with two lines for a head, one connected to the body and one above it, emphasizing the head.

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