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开元

Kāi yuán

2-character word Traditional 開元

What 开元 means

1. Tang emperor Xuanzong's {唐玄宗|Táng Xuán zōng} reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity

The characters in 开元

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…

Sounds the same

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

• 开源to establish additional sources of revenue; (computing) open-source (abbr. for 开放源码
• 开原see 开原市