The kanji 安: meaning, readings and stroke order
安
- Meaning
- safe, cheap
- On reading
- アン an
- Kun reading
- やす(い) yasui
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- yên tâm, rẻ (an)
- Japanese
- やすらか。ねだんが やすい。
- Korean
- 편안하다, 싸다 (안)
- Chinese
- 安心、便宜
Readings, words and example sentences
アン an · on reading
安心
feeling safe, relief
母の 顔を 見て 安心しました。
I felt safe when I saw my mother's face.
やす(い) yasui · kun reading
安い
cheap
この 店は 品が 安いです。
Things in this shop are cheap.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.