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Kanji Detail for 阮 - "state name, stringed instrument"
阮
- Meaning
阮 means "state name, stringed instrument."
State name - An ancient Zhou dynasty state near present-day Jingchuan County, Gansu Province.
Stringed instrument - A type of musical instrument.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
place name
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ancient musical instrument: surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Ruan; small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ancient musical instrument; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An ancient state name. Also a surname. | Colloquially, a nephew is called 阮. Because in Jin, Ruan Ji and Ruan Xian were uncle and nephew, both famous, so this term was borrowed.
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