Yuan may refer to:

Currency

* Yuan (currency), the basic unit of currency in historic and contemporary mainland China and Taiwan **

Renminbi The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 2022. ...

, the current currency used in mainland China, whose basic unit is yuan ** New Taiwan dollar, the current currency used in Taiwan, whose basic unit is yuán in Mandarin ** Manchukuo yuan, the unit of currency that was used in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo

Governmental organ

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Government branch Separation of powers refers to the division of a state (polity), state's government into branches, each with separate, independent power (social and political), powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflic ...

" or "Court" (), the Chinese name for a kind of executive institution.

Government of Taiwan

* Control Yuan * Examination Yuan *

Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan. ...

Judicial Yuan The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It runs a Constitution ...

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

Government of Imperial China

* Xuanzheng Yuan, or

Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs __NOTOC__ The Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, or Xuanzheng Yuan () was a government agency of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China to handle Buddhist affairs across the empire in addition to managing the territory of Tibet. It was original ...

during the Yuan dynasty * Lifan Yuan during the Qing dynasty

Dynasties

* Yuan dynasty (元朝), a dynasty of China ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan ** Northern Yuan dynasty (北元), the Yuan dynasty's successor state in northern China and the Mongolian Plateau

People and languages

* Yuan (surname), the transliteration of a number of Chinese family names (e.g. 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰, 遠) ** Yuan Haowen (元好問; 1190–1257), Chinese poet, author, and official * Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand **

Yuan language Kam Mueang ( nod, , กำเมือง) or Northern Thai language ( th, ภาษาไทยถิ่นเหนือ) is the language of the Northern Thai people of Lanna, Thailand. It is a Southwestern Tai language that is closely relat ...

, commonly known as Northern Thai language, language of the Thai Yuan people

Places

* Yu'an District, in Anhui, China * Yuan River (沅江 or 沅水), one of the four largest rivers in Hunan, a tributary of the Yangtze River

Other uses

* Yuanfen (缘分), a Chinese or Buddhist concept that means the predetermined principle that dictates a person's relationships and encounters * Type 041 submarine, PLAN Yuan-class submarines * Yuan Qi (TCM), in traditional Chinese medicine * Yuan (''Tales of Symphonia'') (ユアン), a character from ''Tales of Symphonia'' *

BYD Yuan The BYD Yuan (比亚迪元) is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Auto, slotting below the BYD Song compact crossover. It is part of BYD's "Dynasty Series" of production vehicles, and is named after t ...

(元), a car * Tao Yúan (''Shaman King'') (Tao En), a character in ''Shaman King''