阏 氏

yān zhīdictionary entry

formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

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Original source entry:

閼氏阏氏 [yan1 zhi1] /formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)/

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Other forms in these source records: 閼氏

阏
è
to block / to restrain / to control
yān
used in 閼氏|阏氏[yān zhī]
氏
shì
(bound form) family name / surname (as in 王氏[Wáng shì] "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name / née (as in 李王氏[Lǐ Wáng shì] "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
zhī
used in 月氏[Yuè zhī] / used in 閼氏|阏氏[yān zhī]

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