庵

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#3,016 most
frequent character
hut, small temple, nunnery

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

庵 has 广, a building or hut, as the meaning part and 奄 yǎn as the sound part. It first meant a circular grass hut. Later it grew to hut and then to nunnery.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

庵ān
variant of 庵[an1]

Homophones

安ān
quiet, safe, secure, install, fix

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