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案

àn

table, case, incident

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound.

Components
安 sound component

安  Sound component

ān, an

  

peaceful

木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

案 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
案 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
案 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
案 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

案  

àn

table, bench; legal case; (legal) case; incident; record; file; table

Most common words with 案
Freq.
Word
Meaning

案

incident

案子

long table

方案

plan

案件

case

答案

answer

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔˤa[n]-s

'anH

àn

stool; tray


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 63.3349% of movies

318th most common character in movies

518th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6848

Shuowen

“案，几屬。从木，安聲。”


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