Pronunciation

Characters pronounced an.

10 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 10 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

岸 àn bank, shore; beach, coast 按 àn put hand on, press down with hand 暗 àn dark; obscure; in secret, covert 案 àn table, bench; legal case 黯 àn dark, black; sullen, dreary 安 ān calm · safe peace, safety 庵 ān Buddhist monastery or nunnery 氨 ān ammonia; hydrogen nitride 鞍 ān saddle; any saddle-shaped object 俺 ǎn personal pronoun, I

Why several characters share one pinyin

Mandarin has many homophones. Tone narrows the sound, but different characters can still share the same syllable and tone. The Hanzi is the identity; the pinyin is only the sound.

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