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  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
chemical element
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
diversity
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
leading light / founding father / principal proponent / also written 元勳|元勋
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
dried longan pulp
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
Hong Kong dollar
chief offender / main culprit
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
(math.) single-variable; univariate
American dollar; US dollar
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
New Age (movement)
new era; new epoch
New Year's Day
HSK 5
vigor; strength; vitality
element / component
Yuanbaoshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
8-bit (computing)
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
vowel
Sanyuan, a district of Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
(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)
finite element (method)
Australian dollar
finite element method
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
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
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
head of state
(spreadsheet) cell
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
multiculturalism
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
deep black
64-bit (computing)
rare earth element (chemistry)
heavy element (such as uranium)
"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)
to ruin one's constitution
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
head of state
HSK 7-9
euro (currency)
(Tw) (computing) bit
(computing) metaverse
Epoch Times, US newspaper
(chemistry) rare element
close vowel
Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
gigabit
trace element (chemistry)
elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
tuple
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
first wife
propyl alcohol C3H7OH
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
metacognition
finite element (method)
neuron
calendar era / epoch
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
ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
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
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
(computing) wildcard character (Tw)
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
leading light / founding father / principal proponent
a new year begins (idiom)
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
methyl alcohol CH3OH
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
metadata
final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) / mid 14th century

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