安
安 — an
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 편안 안
- Romanization
- an
- English
- peaceful, tranquil, quiet
- Mandarin
- ān
- Japanese on'yomi
- アン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- やす.い やす.まる やす やす.らか
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #144 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 (40, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5B89
Parts that make up 安
- 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
- 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
How 安 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 安 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宀.
Korean example words with 安
- 안신安信 Korean gloss: 평안한 소식
- 보안保安 Korean gloss: 안전을 유지함
- 안면安眠 Korean gloss: 편안히 잠을 잠
- 안유安裕 Korean gloss: 넉넉하여 편안함
- 안태安泰 Korean gloss: 평안하고 태평함
- 안좌安坐 Korean gloss: 편하게 앉아 있음
- 안후安候 Korean gloss: ‘안신’의 높임말
- 구안苟安 Korean gloss: 일시적인 안락을 꾀함
- 편안便安 Korean gloss: 편하고 걱정 없이 좋음
- 안유安諭 Korean gloss: 안심하도록 위로하고 타이름
- 안업安業 Korean gloss: 편안한 마음으로 업무에 종사함
- 안접安接 Korean gloss: 편안히 마음을 먹고 머물러 삶
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 安
- 安全あんぜん safety; security
- 安保あんぽ security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
- 安定あんてい stability; steadiness; consistency
- 不安ふあん anxiety; uneasiness; worry
- 安全保障あんぜんほしょう (guarantee of) security
- 慰安いあん solace; relaxation
- 治安ちあん public order; public peace; public security
- 安打あんだ safe hit
- 安心あんしん peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security
- 保安ほあん peace preservation; security; safety
- 不安定ふあんてい instability; insecurity; crankiness
- 安易あんい easy; simple; easygoing
Characters sharing the phonetic 安
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “안” in Korean.
Other hanja read “안”
Other hanja with radical 宀
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences