阮 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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ruǎn

ancient musical instrument: surname

Components

阝 Unknown component

fù

hill, place

元 Sound component

yuán

first

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

ruǎn

ancient musical instrument: surname; ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute

Ruǎn

surname Ruan; small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province

Most common words with 阮

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	阮	surname Ruan
	阮晋勇	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam (2006-)
	阮元	scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
	阮咸	surname Ruan
	阮崇武	Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3210th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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