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庵

hermitage, retreat

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • アン

Kun'yomi

  • いおり
  • いお

Nanori

  • あ
  • い
  • いほり

Meaning

庵 centers on a simple, secluded dwelling: a hermitage or retreat where one withdraws from everyday life.

Most common words using 庵

  • 庵いおり

    hermitage; retreat

  • 沢庵たくあん

    pickled daikon radish

  • 桂庵けいあん

    agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between

  • 草庵そうあん

    thatched hut

  • 仮庵の祭かりいおのまつり

    Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles

  • 僧庵そうあん

    priest's hermitage

  • 僧庵生活そうあんせいかつ

    hermit life

  • 幽庵焼きゆうあんやき

    yūanyaki; grilled fish marinated in soy sauce, mirin, sake and citrus

  • 庵を結ぶいおりをむすぶ

    to build oneself a hermitage

  • 庵主あんじゅ

    owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

  • 庵室あんしつ

    hermit's cell; retreat

  • 庵点いおりてん

    part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

  • 草庵風茶室そうあんふうちゃしつ

    rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut

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Etymology

庵 combines 广 (building with a roof) with 奄, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to covering or enclosing, suggesting a roofed shelter.

Meaning mnemonic

Under the roof 广, the inner part 奄 looks like a person sitting cross-legged in a small, quiet room. Picture a hermit meditating inside a simple thatched retreat.

Reading mnemonic

For アン, imagine an antlered hermit living in a secluded retreat: antler -> アン, and the hermit's simple home is the 庵.