庵

See also: 菴

庵 U+5EB5, 庵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EB5 ← 庴 [U+5EB4] CJK Unified Ideographs 庶 → [U+5EB6]

Translingual

Han character

庵 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈大中山 (IKLU), four-corner 0021₆, composition ⿸广奄)

Derived characters

• 𫫡, 𧫥, 𪩑, 蓭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 347, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9369
• Dae Jaweon: page 657, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 887, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5EB5

Chinese

trad.		庵/菴*
simp.		庵
alternative forms		厂 in names 广 in names 盦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːm, *qoːb) : semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house; pit; womb”). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྱིམ (khyim, “house”) and Burmese အိမ် (im, “house”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngan¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): am¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): am¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): ngon¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): âm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): am¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ghan¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ó̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): am

  (Teochew, Peng'im): am¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹oe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am¹
    • Yale: ām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: am¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ngon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɵn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âm
    • Hakka Romanization System: am´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: am¹
    • Sinological IPA: /am²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: am¹
    • Sinological IPA: /am⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣæ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am
    • Tâi-lô: am
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: am¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: am
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹oe
    • MiniDict: oe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 庵
Mandarin	Beijing	/an⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/an⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/nan²¹/
	Jinan	/ŋã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɣã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/an²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ŋã²¹/
	Xining	/nã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/an⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/an⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ŋan⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ŋan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ŋan⁵⁵/ /ian⁵⁵/ 新
	Kunming	/ã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/aŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʐæ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɣæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ŋɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ŋæ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ø⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ø⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ø³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/ŋɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋan³³/
	Xiangtan	/ŋan³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɵn⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/am⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ɑm²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ɐm⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/ɐm⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/ɐm⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/am⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/aŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/am³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/am²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'om, 'op

Rime
Character	庵	庵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	覃 (160)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏含切	烏合切
Baxter	'om	'op
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm/	/ʔʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm/	/ʔəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm/	/ʔɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm/	/ʔəp̚/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm/	/ʔᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/ɒm/	/ɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăm/	/ʔăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am1	ap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːm/, /*qoːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	庵	庵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14328	14358
Phonetic component	奄	奄
Rime group	談	盍
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	諳	姶
Old Chinese	/*qoːm/	/*qoːb/
Notes	見釋名

Definitions

庵

1. dome-shaped grass house; hut
2. (Buddhism) monastery or nunnery
3. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 尼姑庵 (“Buddhist nunnery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子
Mandarin	Beijing	姑子庵兒
	Taiwan	尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Harbin	姑子廟
	Yantai (Muping)	尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒
	Luoyang	姑姑兒庵兒
	Wanrong	姑姑庵
	Yangzhou	庵
	Nanjing	師姑庵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	師姑庵
	Hong Kong	師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂
	Dongguan	師姑庵
Gan	Nanchang	尼姑庵
	Lichuan	庵堂, 佛庵
Hakka	Yudu	庵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	庵堂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	庵堂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	庵堂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	庵堂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	菜堂
Huizhou	Jixi	尼姑庵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	庵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	尼姑庵, 庵
Southern Min	Xiamen	尼姑庵, 菜堂
	Zhao'an	尼姑庵
	Taipei	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	尼姑庵
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	尼姑庵
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	尼姑庵
	Yilan	尼姑庵
	Yilan (Toucheng)	尼姑庵
	Changhua (Lukang)	尼姑庵
	Taichung	尼姑庵
	Tainan	尼姑庵
	Tainan (Anping)	尼姑庵
	Hsinchu	尼姑庵
	Kinmen	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Magong)	尼姑庵
	Penghu (Xiyu)	尼姑庵
	Jieyang	齋堂
	Haikou	尼姑庵, 庵堂
Puxian Min	Putian	師姑寺
	Xianyou	阿姑寺
Wu	Shanghai	師姑堂, 庵堂, 尼姑庵
	Suzhou	師姑堂
	Danyang	師姑廟, 尼姑廟
	Ningbo	庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵
	Wenzhou	師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵
	Jinhua	尼姑寺

Compounds

• 小庵
• 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
• 尼庵
• 庵主
• 庵堂 (āntáng)
• 庵寺
• 庵觀／庵观
• 普庵咒
• 普庵老祖
• 老郎庵
• 茶庵嶺／茶庵岭 (Chá'ānlǐng)
• 觀音庵／观音庵
• 陶庵夢憶／陶庵梦忆
• 青龍庵／青龙庵 (Qīnglóng'ān)

 

References

• (Min Nan) 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “庵”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 23

Japanese

Kanji

庵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. hut
2. hermitage
3. retreat (a peaceful, quiet place, esp. one meant for meditation or prayer)

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←おむ (omu, historical)}
• Kan-on: あん (an)^{←あむ (amu, historical)}
• Kun: いお (io, 庵)^{←いほ (ifo, 庵, historical)}; いおり (iori, 庵)^{←いほり (ifori, 庵, historical)}; いおる (ioru, 庵る)^{←いほる (iforu, 庵る, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 草(そう)庵(あん) (sōan, “thatched hut”)
• 沢(たく)庵(あん) (takuan), 沢(たく)庵(わん) (takuwan)
• 竹(ちく)庵(あん) (Chikuan)
• 幽(ゆう)庵(あん)焼(や)き, 柚(ゆう)庵(あん)焼(や)き (yūan yaki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
庵
いおり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
廬 菴

/ipori/ → /ifori/ → /ihʷori/ → /iori/

From Old Japanese.

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 庵(いお)る (ioru, “to reside in a temporary hut”, obsolete). Likely derived from io (see below).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いおり [ìórí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [io̞ɾʲi]

Noun

庵(いおり) • (iori) ^{←いほり (ifori)?}

1. a coarse hut made of bamboo and reeds, especially one made by a monk or hermit

   Synonyms: 庵室 (anshitsu), 草庵 (sōan)

2. a small house
3. (humble) one's home
4. a temporary hut
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 2235:
     , text here

     秋(あき)田(た)苅(かる)客(たび)乃(の)廬入(いほり)尓(に)四具礼(しぐれ)零(ふり)我袖(わがそで)沾(ぬれぬ)干人無(ほすひとなし)二(に) [Man'yōgana]

     秋(あき)田(た)刈(か)る旅(たび)のいほりにしぐれ降(ふ)り我(わ)が袖(そで)濡(ぬ)れぬ干(ほ)す人(ひと)なしに [Modern spelling]

     aki-ta karu tabi no iori ni shigure furi waga sode nurenu hosu hito nashi ni

     (please add an English translation of this example)

5. a military camp (attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō)

   Synonym: -軍営(ぐんえい) (gun'ei)

6. a kind of 家紋(かもん) (kamon, “family crest”) with the design of a hut
7. Short for 庵形 (iori-gata): a figure in the shape of a roof
8. Short for 庵看板 (iori kanban): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 庵(いおり)さす (iori sasu)
• 庵(いおり)す (iorisu)
• 庵(いおり)形(がた) (iori-gata)
• 庵(いおり)看板(かんばん) (iori kanban)
• 庵(いおり)点(てん) (iori-ten)
• 庵(いおり)の梅(うめ), 庵(いおりの)梅(うめ) (Iori no ume)
• 庵(いおり)木瓜(もっこう) (iori mokkō), 庵(いおり)に木瓜(もっこう) (iori ni mokkō)
• 桂庵(けいあん), 慶庵(けいあん) (keian)
• 草(くさ)の庵(いおり) (kusa no iori)
• 苔(こけ)の庵(いおり) (koke no iori)
• 笹(ささ)の庵(いおり) (sasa no iori)
• 柴(しば)の庵(いおり) (shiba no iori)

Proper noun

庵(いおり) • (Iori) ^{←いほり (ifori)?}

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
庵
いお Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
廬 菴

/ipo/ → /ifo/ → /ihʷo/ → /io/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ipua.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

庵(いお) • (io) ^{←いほ (ifo)?}

1. a temporary hut made of bamboo and reeds
2. a temporary residence
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 983, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 8)

     わが庵(いほ)は都(みよこ)のたつみしかぞすむ世(よ)をうぢ山(やま)と人(ひと)はいふなり

     waga io wa miyako no tatsumi shika zo sumu yo o Ujiyama to hito wa iunari

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 仮庵(かりいお) (kariio), 仮庵(かりほ) (kariho), 仮庵(かりお) (kario)
• 刈(かり)穂(ほ)の庵(いお), 刈(か)り穂(ほ)の庵(いお) (kariho no io)
• 草(くさ)の庵(いお) (kusa no io)
• 苔(こけ)の庵(いお) (koke no io)
• 笹(ささ)の庵(いお) (sasa no io)
• 伏(ふ)せ庵(いお) (fuseio)
• 曲(ま)げ庵(いお) (mageio)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
庵
あん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
菴

/am/ → /amu/ → /aɴ/

From Middle Chinese 庵 (MC 'om).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​ん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ã̠ɴ]

Noun

庵(あん) • (an) 

1. a small house with a thatched roof
2. (Buddhism) a priest's quarter attached to a large Zen temple

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 庵号(あんごう) (angō)
• 庵室(あんしつ) (anshitsu), 庵室(あんじつ) (anjitsu)
• 庵主(あんじゅ) (anju), 庵主(あんしゅ) (anshu)
• 御(お)庵(あん) (o-an)
• 小庵(しょうあん) (shōan)
• 僧庵(そうあん) (sōan)
• 伯庵(はくあん) (Hakuan)
• 不(ふ)識(しき)庵(あん) (Fushiki-an)

Suffix

庵(あん) • (-an) 

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 幻住(げんじゅう)庵(あん) (Genjū-an)
• 今日(こんにち)庵(あん) (Konnichi-an)
• 芭蕉(ばしょう)庵(あん) (Bashō-an)

Proper noun

庵(あん) • (An) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

庵 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

庵: Hán Nôm readings: am

1. chữ Hán form of am (“hermitage, secluded hut, cottage, etc.”).