阏氏

yān zhī

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

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Child Words of 阏氏

• 氏 氏 shì: clan name
• 氏 氏 zhī: see 月氏[yuè zhī] and 閼氏|阏氏[yān zhī]
• 阏 阏 è: to block
• 阏 阏 yān: see 閼氏|阏氏[yān zhī]