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庵
菴
ān
1. variant of [[庵<ān>]]
Common • Top 17% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

庵
ān
Buddhist monastery or nunnery
11 丶

Compound Words (7)

庵堂
āntáng
Buddhist nunnery
庵摩勒
ānmólè
see [[餘甘子|余甘子<yúgānzǐ>]]
施耐庵
ShīNàiān
Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh [[水滸傳|水浒传<ShuǐhǔZhuàn>]]
田家庵
Tiánjiāān
Tianji'an district of Huainan city [[淮南市<Huáinánshì>]], Anhui
西来庵
Xīláiān
Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
田家庵区
Tiánjiāānqū
Tianji'an district of Huainan city [[淮南市<Huáinánshì>]], Anhui
庵摩落迦果
ānmóluòjiāguǒ
see [[餘甘子|余甘子<yúgānzǐ>]]

Alternate Entries

庵
ān
hut / small temple / nunnery

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,021
Word Frequency Rank
13,958 of 84,292

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