| 元 | yuán xiāo | Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings | 
| 元 | Yuán | surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) | 
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon | 
| 宵 | xiāo | night |