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Chinese symbol for “restful”

安生
ān shēng
peaceful; restful; quiet; still

The closest CC-CEDICT match for restful is 安生 (ān shēng), defined as: peaceful; restful; quiet; still.

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Characters and stroke order

安 ān
peaceful, tranquil, quiet
radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “restful”

WordPinyinMeaning
消停xiāo tíngto calm down; to stop

Related words

Other words that share a character with 安生.

WordPinyinMeaning
安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security
安排ān páito arrange; to plan
安装 (安裝)ān zhuāngto install; to erect
公安gōng ān(Ministry of) Public Security; public safety
晚安wǎn ānGood night!; Good evening!
平安píng ānsafe and sound; well
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life

See also: Japanese symbol for “restful”.

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.