Usage of the character 阏
yān
阏
[閼]
- see 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī)
è
阏
[閼]
- to block
- to restrain
- to control
yōng'è
雍阏
[雍閼]
- to intercept; to prevent the arrival of sth
yānzhī
阏氏
[閼氏]
- formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)