懂中文 Dong Chinese

庵

ān

Buddhist monastery or nunnery

A building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

奄 sound,meaning component

奄  Sound Meaning component

yǎn, yān

  

ere long

Evolution

庵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
庵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
庵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

庵  

ān

Buddhist monastery or nunnery; hut; small temple; nunnery

庵 (菴) 

ān

variant of 庵[ān]

Most common words with 庵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

庵

hut

施耐庵

Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ​hǔ​Zhuàn]

庵堂

Buddhist nunnery

田家庵区

Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái​nán​shì], Anhui

田家庵

Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huái​nán​shì], Anhui