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Character Decomposition
阮=阝+元
Meanings
ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
surname Ruan
small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province
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Words with 阮 63 total
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range中阮zhōng ruǎndaruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range大阮dà ruǎnscholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)阮元Ruǎn YuánNguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City阮安Ruǎn AnRuan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan阮崇武Ruǎn Chóng wǔNguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016阮晋勇Ruǎn Jìn yǒng
Idioms with 阮 2 total Chain
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