Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8
安 cheap, safe
- Meaning
- cheap, safe
- On reading
- アン
- Kun reading
- やす(い)
Memory hook
A roof over 女 (woman): safe under a roof, so calm, and so cheap. アン in compounds, やす(い) on its own.
Words that use 安
安い
やすい
cheap
安心
あんしん
relief
How to write 安
Stroke order · 6 strokes
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- 1. A short dot at the top centre.
- 2. The vertical on the left.
- 3. The horizontal across the top.
- 4. Down, then out to the right.
- 5. The sweep down to the left.
- 6. The horizontal across the middle.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
安 is taught on day 12 of the kanji course, alongside 多 少 高, with two writing passes and a short quiz.