formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
trad. 閼氏
Also written 閼氏【yān zhī】
Characters in this word
2阏
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to block, to restrain, to control
- Pinyin
- è
- Traditional
- 閼
- Strokes
- 11
氏
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(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"), (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"), (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 27823 of 2500