è = Ø + e4
to block / to restrain / to control
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yān = y + an1
see 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
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How to pronounce 阏

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= Ø initial

“Ø” (nothing or null) is for Albert Einstein.

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+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

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= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

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+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

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阏 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mén = m + (e)n2
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)
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= yu + Ø1
surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
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= w + Ø1
(literary) Oh! / Ah!
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= yu + Ø2
(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
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Characters with 阏 as component

阏 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 阏

formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
to block / to stop up / to obstruct
to intercept; to prevent the arrival of sth

Sentences with 阏

阏 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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è / yān

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