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surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province

ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute

surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon

Character component without intrinsic meaning

zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range

daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range

scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)

see 阮[ruan3]

Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City

Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016

see 阮[ruan3]