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Kanji Detail for 安 - "peaceful, cheap, easy"

安

  • Meaning

    安 means "peaceful, cheap, easy."

    1. Peaceful - Calm; tranquil; stable.

    2. To calm - To settle; to reassure.

    3. To enjoy - To take pleasure.

    4. Cheap - Low in price.

    5. Easy - Simple; effortless.

  • Words using 安

    • 安保 あんぽ Listen security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
    • 安全 あんぜん Listen safety; security
    • 不安 ふあん Listen anxiety; uneasiness; worry
    • 安定 あんてい Listen stability; steadiness; consistency
    • 安全保障 あんぜんほしょう Listen (guarantee of) security
    • 慰安 いあん Listen solace; relaxation
    • 安打 あんだ Listen safe hit
    • 治安 ちあん Listen public order; public peace; public security

  • Four-character idioms with 安

    • 一路平安 いちろへいあん Listen (wishing someone) bon voyage
    • 大安吉日 たいあんきちじつ Listen very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
    • 安定成長 あんていせいちょう Listen stable growth
    • 安寧秩序 あんねいちつじょ Listen peace and order; law and order
    • 安心立命 あんしんりつめい Listen spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
    • 安穏無事 あんのんぶじ Listen peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

  • Origin of 安

    女, a woman, seated under 宀, a roof: someone safe at home. Ease, safety and peace of mind, drawn as the oldest picture of security the script could think of.

    How to remember it: A person at rest under their own roof 宀 — safe, settled, at ease.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 安

    • Verified meaning: peaceful, cheap, easy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あすか, あだか, あなし, あふく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 安

    Given names 安(あん)Listen 安(やす)Listen 安(やすし)Listen

    Surnames 安(あすか)Listen 安(あだか)Listen 安(あなし)Listen 安(あふく)Listen 安(しずか)Listen 安(やすい)Listen 安(やすき)Listen 安(やすこ)Listen 安(やすじ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    peaceful, tranquil, quiet

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname An

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    peaceful, tranquil, quiet

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not dangerous. Such as 平安, 治安. | Settled. Without reluctance is called 安. Such as 安居樂業. | To pacify is also 安. Such as 安撫, 安慰. | A particle. "Where" or "how." Such as 吾將安仰, 而今安在. | Placing an object. Colloquially also 安. Such as 安置, 安放.

  • Onyomi

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    an(アン) アン

  • Kunyomi

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    yasu(やす) やす

    yasu.i(やす-い) やす-い

    yasu.maru(やす-まる) やす-まる

    yasu.raka(やす-らか) やす-らか

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    peaceful cheap easy to enjoy affordable enjoyment reassuring comfortable serene tranquil stable quiet gentle harmonious content restful inexpensive safe secure

Sentences including 安

  • Her dress looked cheap.

  • We made brochures at small cost.

  • He felt uneasy.

  • It was really cheap.

  • Which is cheaper , this or that?

  • We are not all that safe.

  • The prices will come down.

  • I feel at ease about it.

  • He felt ill at ease.

  • His letter makes me uneasy.

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