庵 (ān): hut, small temple
庵 (ān) is a Chinese character meaning “hut.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 奄 (structural). It ranks #4668 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 庵 a building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 店 (diàn, shop), 度 (dù, degree, to measure), 座 (zuò, seat).
Definitions
- hut
- small temple
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿸广奄 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西来庵 | xī lái ān | Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan) |
| 田家庵区 | tián jiā ān qū | Tianjia'an, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui |
| 京都念慈庵 | jīng dū niàn cí ān | King-to Nin Jiom, or just Nin Jiom, manufacturer of 枇杷膏 cough medicine |
| 庵摩落迦果 | ān mó luò jiā guǒ | see 餘甘子|余甘子 |
| 田家庵proper-noun | tián jiā ān | see 田家庵區|田家庵区 |
| 施耐庵 | shī nài ān | Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 庵摩勒noun | ān mó lè | see 餘甘子|余甘子 |
| 庵堂noun | ān táng | Buddhist nunnery |
庵 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
庵字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
ān zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "庵" is not used very often in everyday life.
到昆明后,一家人借住在尼姑庵里,只有一间半房子,屋里黑乎乎的,满地是泥。
dào kūn míng hòu , yī jiā rén jiè zhù zài ní gū ān lǐ , zhī yǒu yī jiān bàn fáng zǐ , wū lǐ hēi hū hū de , mǎn dì shì ní .
After arriving in Kunming, the family stayed at a nunnery, where they had only one and a half rooms; the rooms were pitch-black, and the floor was covered in mud.
宋代诗人陆游所着《老学庵笔记》中已经有关于“仡伶”集体做客唱歌的记载。
sòng dài shī rén lù yóu suǒ zhe lǎo xué ān bǐ jì zhōng yǐ jīng yǒu guān yú 仡 伶 jí tǐ zuò kè chàng gē de jì zài .
The *Notes from the Old Study Hermitage*, written by the Song Dynasty poet Lu You, already contains records of groups of “giling” visiting people’s homes to sing.
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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