安
surname An
(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])
安 character breakdown
female / woman / daughter
I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
宀
=
丶
+
冖
:
Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Characters with 安 as component
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table
案
=
安
+
木
:
Albert Einstein (Ø) is being accused of being a counter revolutionary capitalist (案). He is restrained to a Christmas tree (木) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) by a safety belt (安) fixed to the tree and to his ankle so that he can't run away. Anyway he uses his time to have a close look at his file (案).
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
ammonia
amine / Taiwan pr. [an1]
graphic variant of 鞍[an1]
late / quiet
surname Yan
Eucalyptus globulus / Taiwan pr. [an4]
Words with 安
to be discontented with one's home / to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
(idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful; to have extramarital affairs