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漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

安: relax, cheap

Also: low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful

JLPT N46 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 女 is drawn in

6 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

アンan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 安定するあんていするbecome stable
  • 安心するあんしんするbe relieved
  • 不安なふあんなanxious
  • 安全なあんぜんなsafe
  • 治安ちあんpublic peace and order

やすいyasui · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 安いやすいcheap

やすまるyasumaru · kun'yomi

  • 安まるやすまるfeel rested

やすらかyasuraka · kun'yomi

  • 安らぎやすらぎpeace
  • 安らかやすらかrestful

Also read やす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)

安 is the original character of 安坐 (“to sit at ease”).

Source: Wiktionary, 安 (rev. 94580346), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

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女

Also built on woman (女)

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安 gives its sound to

The family reading is アン (an). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read アン

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
安 relax · 女
vs宅 home · 乇
安 has 女 where 宅 has 乇.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · ān

Same form: 安 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
安 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
安 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin ān most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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