Chinese Character 安 Meanings and components.

Form

安

Meaning

安 meaning[3] in English

Surname An.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 安 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and female (女)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JV

How to write 安

To write安an1surname An you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 女nv3female arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 女 = 安

安 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 安 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 安, looks as follow:

安
Pinyin:an1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname An
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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