阮

meaning for 阮 ruǎn:

• - ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• - surname Ruan
• - small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Provincescholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)see 阮 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower rangedaruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range