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桉

ān

Character

What 桉 means

1. Eucalyptus globulus
2. Taiwan pr. àn

Words starting with 桉

• 桉树ān shùeucalyptus
• 桉叶油ān yè yóueucalyptus oil

Characters built on 安

These share the phonetic component 安 (ān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 氨ānammonia
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 铵ǎnammonium

Characters that look like 桉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 控kòngto control; to accuse; to charge
• 桩zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles

Sounds the same

Read ān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 安(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 庵hut; small temple; nunnery
• 氨ammonia
• 鞍(bound form) saddle
• 谙to be versed in; to know well
• 鹌used in 鹌鹑
• 媕used in 媕婀
• 盦container
• 鞌An, a place in the area of present-day Jinan, Shandong where in 589 BC there was a battle…
• 𩽾used in 鮟鱇; Taiwan pr. àn
• 萻small Buddhist temple
• 鶕old variant of 鹌