庵 — Chinese character
庵
ān
Buddhist monastery or nunnery
- Pinyin
- ān
- Radical
- 53 ⼴ (Dotted Cliff)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 广 奄
- Formation
- ideographic — A building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 庵 as a kanji
Common words with 庵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庵堂 | ān táng | Buddhist nunnery |
| 庵摩勒 | ān mó lè | see 余甘子 (yú gān zǐ) |
English words written with 庵
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.