Hanja Analyzer
庵

庵 — am

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
암자 암
Romanization
am
English
Buddhist monastery or nunnery
Mandarin
ān
Japanese on'yomi
アン, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
いおり いお
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,119 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
菴 葊
Radical
广 (53, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
奄
Unicode
U+5EB5

Parts that make up 庵

  • 广 바윗집 엄 한쪽 벽에 기댄 지붕집과 건물
  • 奄 문득 엄sound 덮어 가리는 모양‘엄·암’ 계열의 소리

How 庵 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 庵 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 广, 奄.

Korean example words with 庵

  • 사암寺庵 Korean gloss: 사찰과 암자를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 암자庵子 Korean gloss: 도를 닦기 위하여 만든 자그마한 집
  • 암주庵主 Korean gloss: 암자의 주인이나 암자에 거처하는 승려
  • 초암草庵 Korean gloss: 갈대나 짚, 풀 따위로 지붕을 엮은 암자
  • 암당庵堂 Korean gloss: 암자의 집.
  • 명암名庵 Korean gloss: 이름난 암자.
  • 도암陶庵 Korean gloss: ‘이재’의 호.
  • 사암思庵 Korean gloss: ‘박순’의 호.
  • 내암萊庵 Korean gloss: ‘정인홍’의 호.
  • 면암勉庵 Korean gloss: ‘최익현’의 호.
  • 손암巽庵 Korean gloss: ‘정약전’의 호.
  • 시암詩庵 Korean gloss: ‘김정희’의 호.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 庵

  • 庵いおり hermitage; retreat
  • 沢庵たくあん pickled daikon radish
  • 庵室あんしつ hermit's cell; retreat
  • 庵主あんじゅ owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress
  • 桂庵けいあん agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between
  • 僧庵そうあん priest's hermitage
  • 草庵そうあん thatched hut
  • 庵点いおりてん part alternation mark; symbol that precedes a song lyric, line of poetry, etc., indicating the beginning of a different vocalist's part
  • 僧庵生活そうあんせいかつ hermit life
  • 庵を結ぶいおりをむすぶ to build oneself a hermitage
  • 仮庵の祭かりいおのまつり Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles
  • 幽庵焼きゆうあんやき yūanyaki; grilled fish marinated in soy sauce, mirin, sake and citrus

Characters sharing the phonetic 奄

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “암”

Other hanja with radical 广

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