庵
菴ān
#3,016 most
frequent character
variant of 庵[an1]
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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