庵 ān Buddhist monastery or nunnery Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents A building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation Components 广 广 Meaning component guǎng roof 奄 奄 SoundMeaning component yǎn, yān to enclose Character Evolution Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqoːmqoːb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica