yān zhī

Traditional: 閼氏

阏氏 (yān zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 阏氏

阏è · to block氏shì · (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")

Related words

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