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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
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
New Year's Day
HSK 5
New Year's Day
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
Lizhou, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
(computing) token (in NLP and AI)
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
Singapore dollar
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
diversity
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
dried longan pulp
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕, thorium Th90 釷|钍, protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤, uranium U92 鈾|铀, neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎, plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚, americium Am95 鎇|镅, curium Cm96 鋦|锔, berkelium Bk97 錇|锫, californium Cf98 鐦|锎, einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿, fermium Fm100 鐨|镄, mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔, nobelium No102 鍩|锘, lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹
Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
close vowel
senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
HSK 7-9
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表, periodic table of the elements
Hong Kong dollar
chief offender / main culprit
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
head of state
HSK 7-9
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
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
(math.) single-variable; univariate
American dollar; US dollar
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 / aka 光復會|光复会
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 116 scrolls
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
element / component
head of state
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
vowel
New Age (movement)
new era; new epoch
a new year begins (idiom)
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)
neuron
vigor; strength; vitality
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
metacognition
(Tw) byte (computing)
Australian dollar
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
finite element method
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
Qingchuan, a county in Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
Epoch Times, US newspaper
metadata
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
euro (currency)
Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光
won (currency of South Korea)
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
deep black
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
Eurozone
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
rare earth element (chemistry)
heavy element (such as uranium)
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元, 135 scrolls
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老
multiverse (cosmology)
Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
metalinguistic ability
one that has achieved the way / emperor
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
Liu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also known as Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
(Tw) (computing) bit

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