安
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(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])
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
peaceful · Heisig RSH #197
女 woman + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 安
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大安区 | 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 | Da'an, a county-level city in Baicheng City 白城市[Bai2 cheng2 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 安国市 | Anguo, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 大安 | Da'an, the name of a numerous entities, including districts of several cities, and a count… | |
| 安人 | to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord | |
| 国安 | national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全[guo2 jia1 an1 quan2]); national security act; state… | |
| 安国 | see 安國市|安国市[An1 guo2 Shi4] | |
| 安地斯 | the Andes mountains | |
| 安化县 | Anhua, a county in Yiyang City 益陽市|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 海安市 | Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu | |
| 金安区 | Jin'an, a district of Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 长安大学 | Chang'an University | |
| 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 安生 | peaceful; restful; quiet; still | |
| 心安 | at ease; reassured | |
| 不安分 | restless; unsettled | |
| 西安区 | Xi'an, a district of Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang; Xi'an, a di… | |
| 公安县 | Gong'an, a county in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 西安市 | Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] |
Sound family
These characters use 安 as their sound component — compare how they read.