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  *元* | 元* | *元
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
HSK 1
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
New Year's Day
HSK 5
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
calendar era / epoch
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
American dollar; US dollar
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
element / component
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
Hong Kong dollar
South Korean won (currency)
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
vigor; strength; vitality
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
Australian dollar
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
Epoch Times, US newspaper
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
leading light / founding father / principal proponent / also written 元勳|元勋
leading light / founding father / principal proponent
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong
chief offender / main culprit
variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company, school etc
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
vowel
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
(Tw) (computing) bit
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
integration / integrated; unified
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
character (computing) (Tw)
a new year begins (idiom)
Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
first wife
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
(math.) single-variable; univariate
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
variant of 原原本本
(math.) argument / variable
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
variant of 原來|原来
variant of 復原|复原
metacognition
one that has achieved the way / emperor
metadata
finite element (method)
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
chemical element
Eurozone
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
component
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
Yuanchang township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
(computing) graphics processing unit (GPU)
Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan
Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
diversity
late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 (1162-1227)

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