元 yuán
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
元首
yuánshǒu
head of state
Characters in this word
首 shǒu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 — chief, head, leader
- Made of
- 丷 horns 自 self
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 多国元首在峰会上承诺加强气候融资，但落实机制仍不清晰。 Duō guó yuánshǒu zài fēnghuì shàng chéngnuò jiāqiáng qìhòu róngzī, dàn luòshí jīzhì réng bù qīngxī. Heads of state from multiple countries promised at the summit to strengthen climate finance, but the implementation mechanism remains unclear.
- 按照传统，国家元首亲自为开幕式剪彩。 Ànzhào chuántǒng, guójiā yuánshǒu qīnzì wèi kāimùshì jiǎncǎi. According to tradition, the head of state personally cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony.
- 这次峰会共有二十多位元首出席。 Zhè cì fēnghuì gòng yǒu èrshí duō wèi yuánshǒu chūxí. More than twenty heads of state attended this summit.
Related words
- 元 yuán yuan
- 单元 dānyuán unit; section
- 美元 měiyuán US dollar
- 公元 gōngyuán Common Era
- 元旦 Yuándàn New Year's Day
- 多元 duōyuán diverse, pluralistic
- 元素 yuánsù element
- 元宵 yuánxiāo sweet dumplings, Yuanxiao
- 元老 yuánlǎo senior figure; elder statesman; veteran
- 状元 zhuàngyuan top candidate in the imperial examinations; top scorer
- 首都 shǒudū capital city
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all