安 in English
- (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / 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[an1pei2])
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 31 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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为什么你这么没有安全感?
Why are you so insecure?
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人上课时安静意味着他尊重他人的睡眠。
To be quiet in class is to respect other people's sleep.
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他们在乡村安定了下来。
They settled in the country.
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他告訴我們要保持安靜。
He told us to keep quiet.
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他昨晚在家中安详地离世了。
He passed on quietly at his home last night.
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他是个很安静的人,头顶有点秃。
He's a quiet man, a little bald on top.
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他的行为让我坐立不安。
His behaviour made me feel restless.
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会议将会在特意安排的礼堂里举行。
The conference will be held in a specially selected church.