(ān): ammonia

(ān) is a Chinese character meaning “ammonia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (steam). It ranks #3053 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: steam10 strokesFrequency #3053

Definitions

  1. ammonia

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
ān jīamino
ān shuǐammonia solution
ān jī suānamino acid
zhuǎn ān méitransferase (enzyme)
jù ān zhǐpolyurethane
gǔ ān suānglutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid
ān qìammonia (gas)
ān jī bǐ línaminopyrine (loanword)
ān jī jiǎ suān zhǐ lèi huà hé wùcarbamate
shén jīng ān suān méineuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1)
lián ānhydrazine
zhuǎn ān jī méiamino transferase (enzyme)
jiǎ ān jīmethyalamino group
suō duō ān suānpolypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
yì liàng ān suānisoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
49
Total compounds
27
As first character
4
As last character
69
As middle character

appears in 49 compound words: 27 as the first character, 4 as the last, and 69 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

ān jī pú tángHSK 4+

glucosamine (abbr. for 氨基葡萄糖[an1 ji1 pu2 tao5 tang2])

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Example Sentences

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Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 氨 (ān) mean in Chinese?
氨 (ān) primarily means "ammonia." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3053 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 氨 have?
氨 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 氨?
The radical associated with 氨 is 气 (steam). This radical appears in many characters related to steam.
What are common words containing 氨?
Common words with 氨 include: 氨基 (ān jī, "amino"); 氨水 (ān shuǐ, "ammonia solution"); 氨基酸 (ān jī suān, "amino acid"); 转氨酶 (zhuǎn ān méi, "transferase (enzyme)"); 聚氨酯 (jù ān zhǐ, "polyurethane"). There are over 49 compound words containing this character.
Is 氨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 氨 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.