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閼

简阏 · 繁閼

Mandarin · pinyin è#

to block
to restrain
to control

Mandarin · pinyin yān#

used in 閼氏 yān zhī

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閼: Look up this written character
阏: yān · block, obstruct, stop up

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4 · e4

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aat3 · jin1

Cantonese word readings for 閼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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