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Mandarin · pinyin Xuān Yuán#

Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝 Huáng dì

Mandarin · pinyin Xuān yuán#

two-character surname Xuanyuan

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轩: xuān · carriage; high; wide; balcony
辕: yuán · axle; magistrate's office; surname

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1–2 · Xuan1 Yuan2

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noun

(literary) tall gate

name

(mythology) Xuanyuan, said to be the given name of the legendary Yellow Emperor
(mythology) name of a hill
(mythology) name of a nation west of ancient China
(uranography) Xuanyuan, an asterism in the Chinese constellation of Star
a Chinese compound surname

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