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N4 kanji · 6 strokes

安 means calm, cheap

宀 roof · 女 woman

安Real origin

A woman (女) safe under a roof: calm, safe. Also: cheap.

Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.

Meaning and readings

Meanings
relax, cheap, low, quiet
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
6
School grade
Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) やすい yasui

やすい (yasui) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: やすまる yasumaru, やす yasu, やすらか yasuraka

From Chinese (onyomi) アン an

アン (an) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

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Common word

安い やすい · yasui

cheap, inexpensive

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