庵 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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ān

Buddhist monastery or nunnery

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

Components

广 Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

roof

yǎn, yān

ere long

Evolution

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

ān

Buddhist monastery or nunnery; hut; small temple; nunnery

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[ShuǐhǔZhuàn]
	庵堂	Buddhist nunnery
	田家庵区	Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huáinánshì], Anhui
	田家庵	Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huáinánshì], Anhui