阮
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ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,231 U+962E
How 阮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 元
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 元 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 sound component | yuán | first; dollar; origin; head |
| 远 | yuǎn | distant, remote, far; profound |
| 园 | yuán | garden, park; orchard |
| 玩 | wán | to play with, to joke, to entertain |
| 完 | wán | to complete, to finish, to settle; whole |
| 顽 | wán | stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate |
| 沅 | yuán | a river in western Hunan |
| 芫 | yuán | a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa |
| 朊 | ruǎn | protein |
| 蚖 | yuán | salamander, newt |
| 鼋 | yuán | large turtle, sea turtle |
Words containing 阮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大阮 | dà ruǎn | daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range |
| 中阮 | zhōng ruǎn | zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range |
| 阮安 | Ruǎn Ān | Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer … |
| 阮崇武 | Ruǎn Chóng wǔ | Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan |
| 阮元 | Ruǎn Yuán | scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849) |
| 阮琴 | ruǎn qín | see 阮[ruan3] |
| 阮晋勇 | Ruǎn Jìn yǒng | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016 |
| 阮咸 | ruǎn xián | see 阮[ruan3] |