安
(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #40 U+5B89
How 安 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A woman 女 safe in a house 宀
How to remember it
peaceful · Heisig RSH #197
女 woman + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 安 as their sound component
These characters all use 安 (ān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安 sound component | ān | peaceful, tranquil, quiet |
| 案 | àn | file, legal case; bench, table |
| 按 | àn | to check, to control, to push, to restrain |
| 氨 | ān | ammonia |
| 胺 | àn | amine |
| 鞍 | ān | saddle |
| 铵 | ǎn | ammonium |
| 桉 | ān | eucalyptus |
Words containing 安
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大安区 | Dà ān Qū | Da'an, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan; Daan, a district of Tai… |
| 大安市 | Dà ān Shì | Da'an, a county-level city in Baicheng City 白城市[Bai2 cheng2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 安国市 | Ān guó Shì | Anguo, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 不安 | bù ān | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried |
| 大安 | Dà ān | Da'an, the name of a numerous entities, including districts of several cities, and a count… |
| 安人 | ān rén | to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord |
| 国安 | guó ān | national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全[guo2 jia1 an1 quan2]); national security act; state… |
| 安国 | Ān guó | see 安國市|安国市[An1 guo2 Shi4] |
| 安地斯 | Ān dì sī | the Andes mountains |
| 安化县 | Ān huà Xiàn | Anhua, a county in Yiyang City 益陽市|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 海安市 | Hǎi ān Shì | Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 金安区 | Jīn ān Qū | Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 长安大学 | Cháng ān Dà xué | Chang'an University |
| 安心 | ān xīn | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth |
| 安生 | ān shēng | peaceful; restful; quiet; still |
| 心安 | xīn ān | at ease; reassured |
| 不安分 | bù ān fen | restless; unsettled |
| 西安区 | Xī ān Qū | Xi'an, a district of Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang; Xi'an, a di… |
| 公安县 | Gōng ān Xiàn | Gong'an, a county in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 西安市 | Xī ān Shì | Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] |