Chinese symbol for “nunnery”
庵
ān
hut; small temple; nunnery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nunnery is 庵 (ān), defined as: hut; small temple; nunnery.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 庵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庵堂 | ān táng | Buddhist nunnery |
| 庵摩勒 | ān mó lè | see 余甘子 (yú gān zǐ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nunnery”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.