阮
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Han character
阮 (radical 170 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一一山 (NLMMU), four-corner 71211)
- ancient musical instrument (moon-shaped lute)
- used as a surname
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 1346, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41569
- Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4116, character 6
- Unihan data for U+962E
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
阮 (jyutping jyun2, jyun5, Yale yun2, yun5)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
阮
[edit] Readings
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
阮 (hangeul 완, 원, revised wan, won, McCune-Reischauer wan, wŏn, Yale wan, wen)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Etymology
This character's usage to refer to a Chinese plucked, fretted, round-bodied lute with four strings derives from 阮咸 (Ruǎn Xián), a Chinese scholar of the Six Dynasties period, who played this instrument.
[edit] Hanzi
阮 (pinyin ruǎn (ruan3), Wade-Giles juan3)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
阮 (*ngiuæ̌n)
[edit] Min Nan
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Pronoun
阮 (traditional and simplified, POJ gún or góan)
[edit] Related terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Vietnamese
- Chinese Commercial Code:
- Decimal: 7086
Categories: Han characters | Cantonese definitions needed | Japanese kanji | Japanese definitions needed | Korean hanja | Korean definitions needed | Mandarin definitions needed | zh-cn:Musical instruments | zh-tw:Musical instruments | nan-cn:Pronouns | nan-tw:Pronouns | Min Nan pronouns | Chinese hanzi

