阏

to block / to restrain / to control

see 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]

(literary) Oh! / Ah!

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

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

to intercept; to prevent the arrival of sth

to block / to stop up / to obstruct