Chinese Symbol 安

What you see below, and can magnify, is the Chinese character for: peace, security, safety; peaceful, quiet, tranquil, calm; safe, secure, in good health; set someone's mind at ease, calm; rest content, be satisfied; find a place for, place in a suitable position; install, fit, fix; bring a charge against someone, give someone a nickname; harbor an intention; ampere; where, how; a surname. I've divided all details into 5 sections. Please note that there might be more than one symbol with these meaning. If you want to see the other symbols or words with the same meaning, please click on the English words listed in the section 2 below.

Section 1:

Text you can magnify and image;

Section 2:

Pronunciation and meaning;

Section 3:

Traditional version;

Section 4:

Chinese words containing this symbol;

Section 5:

Chinese names containing this symbol.

SECTION 1:

TEXT AND IMAGE

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安

Symbol

Animation

Strokes

SECTION 2:

PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING

Pronunciation

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Meaning

-	Peace, security, safety
-	Peaceful, quiet, tranquil, calm; safe, secure, in good health
-	Set (someone's mind) at ease, calm; rest content, be satisfied; find a place for, place in a suitable position; install, fit, fix; bring (a charge against someone), give someone a nickname; harbor (an intention)
-	Ampere
-	Where, how
-	(A surname)

Curiosity:

This character is composed of two parts. The one at its top (

) is one of the radicals by which characters are arranged in conventional Chinese dictionaries. It means 'house with rooms'. The second part is the Chinese character for 'woman, girl' (

). So, the idea of peace and security is conveyed by the picture of a woman in her houseor under the roof of her house, if that helps you remember this character's shape.

More symbols with the following meanings:

Peace
Safety
Peaceful
Quiet
Calm
Safe
Install
Fit
Fix
Where
How

A warning: In Chinese, words are often composed by two Chinese characters, and sometimes by three or more. This page is not a dictionary.

SECTION 3:

TRADITIONAL VERSION

There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.

SECTION 4:

CHINESE WORDS CONTAINING THIS SYMBOL

This Chinese symbol is not contained in any Chinese word of which I've written a page.

SECTION 5:

CHINESE NAMES CONTAINING THIS SYMBOL

This Chinese character is contained in the following Chinese names:

Chinese name Andrea (female)
安德烈娅 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Andrea Leeds is called in China.

Chinese name Andrea (male)
安得烈 This Chinese name is exactly how the Bible character Andrea (Matthew 4:18; compare an Italian Bible with a Chinese Bible) is called in China.

Chinese name Andreas (male)
安得烈 This Chinese name is exactly how the Bible character Andreas (Matthew 4:18; compare a Dutch or German Bible with a Chinese Bible) is called in China.

Chinese name Andrés (male)
安得烈 This Chinese name is exactly how the Bible character Andrés (Matthew 4:18; compare a Spanish Bible with a Chinese Bible) is called in China.

Chinese name Andrew (male)
安得烈 This Chinese name is exactly how the Bible character Andrew (Matthew 4:18; compare an English Bible with a Chinese Bible) is called in China.

Chinese name André (male)
安得烈 This Chinese name is exactly how the Bible character André (Matthew 4:18; compare a French or Portuguese Bible with a Chinese Bible) is called in China.

Chinese name Angela (female)
安杰拉 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Angela Bettis is called in China.

Chinese name Annie (female)
安妮 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Annie Morton and Annie Maurel are called in China.

Chinese name Ann (female)
安 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Ann Louise, Ann Bancroft and Ann Biderman are called in China.

Chinese name Anthony (male)
安东尼 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Anthony Quinn and Anthony Hopkins are called in China.

Chinese name Antonio (male)
安东尼奥 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Antonio Banderas and Antonio Skarmeta are called in China.

Chinese name Dean (male)
迪安 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Dean Martin, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Garrett, Dean Georgaris, Dean Windass and Dean Lewington are called in China.

Chinese name Diana (female)
戴安娜 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Lady Diana is called in China.

Chinese name Diane (female)
戴安 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Diane Keaton is called in China.

Chinese name Ernest (male)
安尼斯 This Chinese name is exactly how the famous Ernest Dickerson is called in China.

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