岸 — Chinese character
岸
àn
beach, coast, shore
- Pinyin
- àn
- Radical
- 46 ⼭ (Mountain)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 山 厂 干
- Formation
- ideographic — A mountain 山 cliff 厂; 干 provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 岸 as a kanji
Common words with 岸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两岸 (兩岸) | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 沿岸 | yán àn | coastal area; littoral or riparian |
| 口岸 | kǒu àn | a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable u |
| 对岸 (對岸) | duì àn | opposite bank (of a body of water) |
| 海岸线 (海岸線) | hǎi àn xiàn | coastline; seaboard |
| 岸边 (岸邊) | àn biān | shore |
| 河岸 | hé àn | riverside; river bank |
| 彼岸 | bǐ àn | the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita |
| 离岸 (離岸) | lí àn | offshore |
| 岸上 | àn shàng | ashore; on the riverbank |
English words written with 岸
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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