庵
hermitage, retreat
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
Study
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.