朱 元 璋

Zhū Yuán zhāngdictionary entry

Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hóng wǔ]

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Original source entry:

朱元璋 朱元璋 [Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] /Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]/

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朱
zhū
vermilion / (bound form) cinnabar
Zhū
surname Zhu
元
yuán
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
Yuán
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
璋
zhāng
jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[guī], also given to male infants to play with

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