安
safe; cheap; relax; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful
6 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 144.
Readings
- アン (on reading): 不安 (ふあん) anxiety; 安全 (あんぜん) safety
- やすい (kun reading): 安い (やすい) cheap; 気安い (きやすい) relaxed
- やす (kun reading): 安 (やす) cheap; 目安 (めやす) criterion
- やすらか (kun reading): 安らか (やすらか) peaceful; 心安らか (こころやすらか) calm (of mind)
- やすまる (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 安芸 (あき) Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); 安房 (あわ) Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Components
Kanji containing 安
Words using 安
- 不安 (ふあん) anxiety
- 安全 (あんぜん) safety
- 安定 (あんてい) stability
- 安心 (あんしん) peace of mind
- 安打 (あんだ) safe hit
- 安い (やすい) cheap
- 気安い (きやすい) relaxed
- 小安い (こやすい) slightly lower (of a price)
- 心安い (こころやすい) intimate
- お安い御用 (おやすいごよう) easy task
- 安 (やす) cheap
- 目安 (めやす) criterion
- 安物 (やすもの) cheap article
- 激安 (げきやす) dirt cheap
- 円安 (えんやす) depreciation of the yen
- 安らか (やすらか) peaceful
- 心安らか (こころやすらか) calm (of mind)
- 安らかに眠れ (やすらかにねむれ) rest in peace
- 安らかにお眠りください (やすらかにおねむりください) rest in peace
- 安芸 (あき) Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
- 安房 (あわ) Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
- 安土桃山時代 (あづちももやまじだい) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
- 安宅船 (あたけぶね) large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
- 安土 (あずち) mound on which targets are placed (in archery)
- 安倍川餅 (あべかわもち) abekawa mochi
- 安土時代 (あづちじだい) Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582)
508 words in all.