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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
head of state
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
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
(computing) wildcard character (Tw)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
component
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
finite element (method)
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
vigor; strength; vitality
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
New Age (movement)
new era / new epoch
character set
American dollar; US dollar
Eurozone
apartment
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
neuron
biodiversity
tuple
lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧, cerium Ce58 鈰|铈, praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨, neodymium Nd60 釹|钕, promethium Pm61 鉕|钷, samarium Sm62 釤|钐, europium Eu63 銪|铕, gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆, terbium Tb65 鋱|铽, dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝, holmium Ho67 鈥|钬, erbium Er68 鉺|铒, thulium Tm69 銩|铥, ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱, lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
light element (such as hydrogen)
one's allotted lifespan
time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
(math.) single-variable; univariate
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
element / component
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
character (computing) (Tw)
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 (1162-1227)
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
(Tw) (computing) bit
calendar era / epoch
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
(chemistry) rare element
(Tw) byte (computing)
(math.) argument / variable
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
one that has achieved the way / emperor
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
generalissimo
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
leading light / founding father / principal proponent
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
rare earth element (chemistry)
polyunsaturated fatty acid
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
leading light / founding father / principal proponent / also written 元勳|元勋
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
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
a new year begins (idiom)
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
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
heavy element (such as uranium)
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
Yuanbaoshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
metalanguage
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei

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