安: peaceful, quiet

 

安 ān

: content; calm; still; quiet
: safe; secure
: in good health
: to find a place for; to install
: to fix; to fit
: to bring (a charge against somebody)
: to pacify
: to harbor (good intentions)
: security; safety
: peace
: ampere

Kun Reading

安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap
: (Prefix) rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous

安い | やすい yasui

adjective
: cheap; inexpensive
: calm; peaceful; quiet

安く | やすく yasuku

adverb
: inexpensively

安んじる | やすんじる yasunjiru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be contented; to be at ease

安 | やす yasu

prefix | suffix
: cheap

 Usage:

安排 an1pai2: to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans

安靜[静] an1jing4: quiet; peaceful; calm
[安静 | あんせい ansei: rest; quiet; repose]

安全 an1quan2: safe; secure; safety; security
[あんぜん anzen: safety
: security]

安全期 an1quan2 qi1: safe period; safe days of a woman’s menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
[あんぜんき anzenki: safe period]  
安全套 an1quan2 tao4: condom
安全帶 [安全带] an1 quan2 dai4: seat belt; safety belt
 
安全帽 an1 quan2 mao4: safety helmet] [あんぜんぼう anzenbou: safety helmet; crash helmet; hard hat]

安慰 an1wei4: to comfort; to console

[慰める | なぐさめる nagusameru: o comfort; to console; to amuse]

安心 an1xin1: at ease; to feel relieved; to set one’s mind at rest; to keep one’s mind on something
[あんしん anshin: relief; peace of mind]

安定 an1ding4: stable; quiet; settled; stabilize; maintain; stabilized; calm and orderly
[あんてい antei: stability; equilibrium]

平安 ping2’an1: safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace
[へいあん heian: peace; tranquility
: Heian era (794-1185)]

平安時代 [平安时代] ping2 an1 shi2 dai4: Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
[平安時代 | へいあんじだい heianjidai: Heian period (794-1185)]

早安 zao3’an1: Good morning!

[お早う | おはよう ohayou OR お早うございます | おはようございます ohayou gozaimasu: good morning]

晚安 wan3’an1: Good night!; Good evening!

[こんばんわ kombanwa: good evening]

公安 gong1’an1: (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security
[こうあん kouan: public safety; public welfare]

不安 bu4’an1: unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
[ふあん fuan: anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense]

不安好心 bu4 an1 hao3 xin1: to have bad intentions

Japanese landmark
龍安寺 [龙安寺] long2 an1 si4: Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden
[龍安寺 | りょうあんじ ryouanji OR りゅうあんじ ryuuanji: Ryoan-ji (temple in Kyoto)]

Ryōan-ji (龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui (“dry landscape”), a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple also served as a mausoleum for several emperors, in what are known today as the “Seven Imperial Tombs” at Ryōan-ji.

The site of the temple was an estate of the Fujiwara family in the 11th century. In 1450, Hosokawa Katsumoto, another powerful warlord, acquired the land where the temple stood. He built his residence there, and founded the Zen temple, Ryōan-ji. However, during the Ōnin War between the clans, the temple was destroyed. In 1488, his son, Hosokawa Matsumoto, rebuilt the temple.

Ryōan-ji also has a teahouse and tea garden, dating back to the 17th century. Near this teahouse is a famous stone water basin, with water continually flowing for ritual purification. This is the Ryōan-ji tsukubai (蹲踞), which translates literally as “crouch;” because of the low height of the basin, the user must bend over to use it, in a sign of reverence and humility. The words written on the surface of the stone basin, 五, 隹, 止, 矢, are without significance when read alone. Though the water basin’s frame is circular, the opening in the circular face is itself a square (口). If each of the four kanji is read in combination with 口 (kuchi, meaning “mouth” or “aperture”), then the characters become 吾, 唯, 足, 知. This is read as “ware, tada taru (wo) shiru”, which translates poetically, as “I know only satisfaction”. Intended to reinforce Buddhist teachings regarding humility and the abundance within one’s soul, the meaning is simple and clear: “one already has all one needs”.

Chinese personality

許志安 Andy Hui Chi-On (born 12 August 1967) is a Hong Kong singer and film actor. He was the First Runner-up in the fifth Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1986 and has appeared in about 25 films. A prolific singer, he has an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits to his credit. In 2004, Andy Hui was named by Alan Tam as one of the ‘New Four Heavenly Kings’ along with Hacken Lee, Leo Ku, and Edmond Leung which would be replacing the once lustrous title awarded to Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, and Leon Lai. Andy Hui married his long-time girlfriend and collaborator Sammi Cheng in 2013.
photo credit: MRRM

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
安穏無事 | あんのんぶじ annon buji
: (yoji) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

*一路平安 | いちろへいあん ichiro heian
: (wishing someone) bon voyage

政情不安 | せいじょうふあん seijou fuan
: (yoji) the instability of a political situation; political instability

大安吉日 | たいあんきちにち taian kichinichi OR たいあんきちじつ taian kichijitsu
: yoji) very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)

家内安全 | かないあんぜん kanai anzen
: safety (well-being) of one’s family; peace and prosperity in the household

絶対安静 | ぜったいあんせい zettai ansei
: (yoji) complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet

馬鹿安値 | ばかやすね baka yasune
: (yoji) ridiculously low price

安かろう悪かろう | やすかろうわるかろう yasu karou waru karou
: you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
安家立業 [安家立业] an1 jia1 li4 ye4
: stable household, established profession; settled and comfortably off

安富恤窮 [安富恤穷] an1 fu4 xu4 qiong2
OR
安富恤貧 [安富恤贫] an1 fu4 xu4 pin2
: to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor

安居樂業 [安居乐业] an1 ju1 le4 ye4
: to live in peace and work happily

安分守己 an1 fen4 shou3 ji3
: to be content with one’s lot; to know one’s place

安然無恙 [安然无恙] an1 ran2 wu2 yang4
: safe and sound; to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)

安身立命 an1 shen1 li4 ming4
: settle down and get on with one’s pursuit

*一路平安 yi1 lu4 ping2 an1
: to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage!

出入平安 chu1 ru4 ping2 an1
: lit. peace when you come or go; peace wherever you go

入土為安 [入土为安] ru4 tu3 wei2 an1
: buried and at rest; Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)

歲歲平安 [岁岁平安] sui4 sui4 ping2 an1
: May you have peace year after year (New Year’s greeting)

惴惴不安 zhui4 zhui4 bu4 an1
: to be on tenterhooks; to be anxious and frightened

攘外安內 [攘外安内] rang3 wai4 an1 nei4
: to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country

坐立不安 zuo4 li4 bu4 an1
: lit. agitated sitting or standing; restless; fidgety
OR
坐立難安 zuo4 li4 nan2 an1
: unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc)

寢食難安 [寝食难安] qin3 shi2 nan2 an1
: lit. cannot rest or eat in peace; fig. extremely worried and troubled

富國安民 [富国安民] fu4 guo2 an1 min2
: to make the country rich and the people at peace

少安毋躁 shao3 an1 wu2 zao4
: keep calm, don’t get excited; don’t be impatient

相安無事 [相安无事] xiang1 an1 wu2 shi4
: to live together in harmony

聽天安命 [听天安命] ting1 tian1 an1 ming4
: to accept one’s situation as dictated by heaven

轉危為安 [转危为安] zhuan3 wei1 wei2 an1
: to turn peril into safety; to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)

隨遇而安 [随遇而安] sui2 yu4 er2 an1
: at home wherever one is; ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with good will

除暴安良 chu2 bao4 an1 liang2
: to root out the strong and give people peace; to rob the rich and give to the poor

天安門開了 [天安门开了] tian1 an1 men2 kai1 le5
: pants fly is down; the barn door is open

塞翁失馬安知非福 [塞翁失马安知非福] sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 an1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
: the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; fig. a blessing in disguise; it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good; also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福

既來之，則安之 [既来之，则安之] ji4 lai2 zhi1 , ze2 an1 zhi1
: Since they have come, we should make them comfortable. Since we’re here, take it easy. Since this is so, we should accept it. Now that we have come, let’s stay and take the rough with the smooth. If you can’t do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

生於優患，死於安樂 [生于优患，死于安乐] sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4
: to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living; life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure

燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 [燕雀安知鸿鹄之志] yan4 que4 an1 zhi1 hong2 hu2 zhi1 zhi4
: lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? fig. how can small-fries predict the ambitions of the great?

道高益安，勢高益危 [道高益安，势高益危] dao4 gao1 yi4 an1 , shi4 gao1 yi4 wei1
: More moral strength increases one’s safety, more power and influence increases one’s danger (from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).