Entry
  1. 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)

Characters in this word

2
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Pinyin
Strokes
1
Frequency
158 of 2500
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first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], (used for an unspecified person or thing), first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc), letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, armor plating, shell or carapace, (of the fingers or toes) nail, bladed leather or metal armor (old), ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old), civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old), ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Pinyin
jiǎ
Strokes
5
Frequency
24738 of 2500