安
ānTraditional: 安
#1540 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
peaceful, safe, calm, to settle
Word origin
An ideographic compound showing 女 (nǚ, woman) under 宀 (mián, roof), a woman at home under a roof, suggesting safety and calm.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 宀 (mián, roof) + 女 (nǚ, woman)
Stroke order
安
Examples
。
Have a safe journey.
，。
Only after hearing the news did her heart settle.
，。
It is quiet here, which makes one feel at peace.
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The old man lived his later years in peace.
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He finally settled down to work.
安 (ān) means peaceful, safe or calm, and as a verb to settle or set at rest. It forms many common words such as 安全 (safe) and 安静 (quiet).
Appears in 7 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 安.
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