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会元

huì yuán

2-character word Traditional 會元

What 会元 means

1. provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)

The characters in 会元

• 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…
• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…

Words containing 会元

• 五灯会元Wǔ dēng Huì yuánSong Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls

Sounds the same

Read huì yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

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