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庵
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Buddhist monastery or

HSK 10
Society →Religion
ān
アン
いおり、いお
암
A building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation
Components
广 roof+ 奄 ere long =
庵 Buddhist monastery or
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
奄 Meaning component
yǎn ere long
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Notes
Similar Characters
厅 room (simp)厨 closet (simp)庀 to prepare庄 farmstead (simp)庇 shield庋 a cupboard or序 preface庐 hut (simp)庑 luxuriant (simp)库 armory (simp)底 bottom庖 cooking店 store庙 imperial (simp)府 government office庞 big (simp)废 abrogate (simp)庠 village school庥 shelter座 seat
Historical Evolution
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
庵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
庵 [ān]
hut; small temple; nunnery
Japanese
庵 、 菴 、 廬 いおり 、 あん 、 いお 同音
nounn-suf hermitage; retreat
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
庵 あん
An surname
庵 いおり
Iori female given namesurname
庵 いほり
Ihori surname
CHINESE WORDS (9)
施耐庵 [Shī​Nài​'ān] #46,189
Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ​hǔ​Zhuàn]
庵堂 [ān​táng] #57,462
Buddhist nunnery
田家庵区 [Tián​jiā​'ān​qū] #64,877
Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái​nán​shì], Anhui
田家庵区 [Tián​jiā​'ān​qū] #64,877
Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái​nán​shì], Anhui
田家庵 [Tián​jiā​'ān] #70,877
Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái​nán​shì], Anhui
西来庵 [Xī​lái​'ān] #71,680
Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
西来庵 [Xī​lái​'ān] #71,680
Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
庵摩勒 [ān​mó​lè]
see 餘甘子|余甘子[yú​gān​zǐ]
庵摩落迦果 [ān​mó​luò​jiā​guǒ]
see 餘甘子|余甘子[yú​gān​zǐ]
JAPANESE WORDS (15)
⭐ 庵 [いおり] #14,926
hermitage
沢庵 [たくあん] #44,834
pickled daikon radish
草庵 [そうあん] #61,132
thatched hut
庵室 [あんしつ] #72,134
hermit's cell
廬 [ろ] #72,734
small house
桂庵 [けいあん] #94,621
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period)
庵主 [あんじゅ] #104,652
owner of a hermitage
庵を結ぶ [いおりをむすぶ] #151,540
to build oneself a hermitage
たくあん漬け [たくあんづけ] #193,496
pickled daikon (radish)
僧庵 [そうあん] #201,377
priest's hermitage
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