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鞍

ān

Character

What 鞍 means

1. bound formsaddle

Other readings

鞍 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ānvariant of {鞍|ān}

Words starting with 鞍

• 鞍山市Ān shān ShìAnshan, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 鞍子ān zisaddle
• 鞍马ān mǎpommel horse (gymnastics)
• 鞍点ān diǎnsaddle point (math.), a critical point of a function of several variables that is neither…
• 鞍前马后ān qián mǎ hòuto follow everywhere; to always be there for sb at their beck and call
• 鞍马劳顿ān mǎ láo dùntravel-worn
• 鞍鞯ān jiān(literary) a saddle with a saddle blanket
• 鞍韂ān chàna saddle with a saddle blanket
• 鞍山Ān shānsee 鞍山市

Words containing 鞍

• 马鞍mǎ ānsaddle
• 马鞍山市Mǎ ān shān ShìMa'anshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 马鞍山Mǎ ān shānsee 马鞍山市

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
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 铵ǎnammonium
• 桉ānEucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn

Characters that look like 鞍

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

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲭qīngmackerel
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 鲔wěilittle tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

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
• 谙to be versed in; to know well
• 桉Eucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. àn
• 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