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àn

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àn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
àn | an4
English translation
 black; dark; sullen, dreary

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About àn

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

àn

Contains the radical

yīn

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí

Learning hint

black

Etymology of àn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

黑音

Semantic compound

Hēi

Phonetic compound

yīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Hēi represents the meaning and yīn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using àn

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或是 huò shì àn 淡如 dōng , zhǐ Néng 如此 rú cǐ shuì .

Summer or winter aught I can say.

Words with àn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
黯淡 àn dàn dark黯淡 àn dàn
黯然 àn rán dim黯然 àn rán
黯然失色 àn rán shī sè to lose one's splendor黯然失色 àn rán shī sè
àn dark àn
黯然销魂 àn rán xiāo hún overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting黯然銷魂

àn Decomposition & Compounds

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