阮
ruǎn

ancient musical instrument: surname

Components

阝
阝 Unknown component
fù hill, place
元
元 Sound component
yuán first

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋon
ŋonʔ
Unicodengiuæ̌n

說文解字

代郡五阮關也。从𨸏元聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica