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轅

简辕 · 繁轅

Mandarin · pinyin yuán

shaft of a cart or carriage
(bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office

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辕: yuán · axle; magistrate's office; surname

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2 · yuan2

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jyun4

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(historical) shafts (of a carriage)
(historical) encampment where the emperor would stay during hunting trips, formed by a barrier of carriages with two facing each other such that their shafts could be raised as a gate
(historical) entrance gate to a military camp
(archaic) entrance gate to a government office
(archaic) government office
a surname

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