Read Edit View history Discussion 安 ān HSK2 peaceful Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a woman (女) sitting under a roof (宀). Older forms of this character depict a person kneeling with a mark on their thigh and shin to indicate sitting. Pinyin Separate values with commas ān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 安 Simp strokes 安 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 安 Simp strokes 安 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 安 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 456, 835 ], [ 524, 792 ], [ 554, 755 ] ], [ [ 265, 660 ], [ 274, 643 ], [ 275, 613 ], [ 241, 535 ], [ 235, 475 ] ], [ [ 308, 604 ], [ 320, 616 ], [ 445, 646 ], [ 668, 677 ], [ 680, 683 ], [ 736, 682 ], [ 763, 663 ], [ 771, 640 ], [ 688, 549 ], [ 678, 545 ] ], [ [ 447, 550 ], [ 464, 533 ], [ 479, 503 ], [ 383, 254 ], [ 401, 237 ], [ 558, 163 ], [ 676, 90 ], [ 722, 55 ], [ 773, -9 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644,63 718,-4C738,-22 754,-30 768,-31C784,-31 794,-24 795,-8C796,8 784,35 765,72C755,91 740,104 718,115C659,144 608,171 563,191C530,206 530,206 513,213C480,228 453,240 429,246C410,252 407,262 417,280C426,299 431,317 439,332C452,359 452,359 458,373C484,430 499,471 514,489C519,496 523,502 521,509C517,520 498,536 469,557C460,564 451,566 443,563C433,561 430,553 437,540C448,516 441,457 404,367C392,338 392,338 386,324C378,306 368,291 360,277C351,264 349,251 352,241C354,233 361,229 375,225C409,216 445,198 483,175C516,155 516,155 532,145Z", "M483,175C426,114 347,78 224,38C210,34 213,27 228,26C364,23 470,77 532,145C541,156 555,179 563,191C578,218 611,295 619,320C623,334 628,345 632,354C638,369 651,383 650,399C647,422 591,441 567,434C558,432 555,425 560,414C563,407 567,399 568,388C569,378 570,363 568,347C566,335 561,319 557,304C547,275 525,233 513,213C504,200 494,187 483,175Z", "M632,354C721,364 820,372 932,362C946,361 956,362 961,368C966,377 964,386 956,393C936,412 911,427 882,439C872,444 859,441 842,436C822,431 759,414 650,399C595,392 595,392 568,388C517,382 481,376 458,373C422,369 422,369 404,367C229,348 121,334 81,332C72,332 66,329 66,320C65,312 72,304 85,294C95,286 111,278 133,270C139,268 149,270 162,275C174,281 341,318 386,324C421,329 421,329 439,332C459,335 502,340 568,347C611,352 611,352 632,354Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.