按 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

hold, consider, investigate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• アン

Kun (native)

• おさ(える)
• しら(べる)

Other languages

• 拼音an4
• 한글an
• 한글al
• Hán-ViệtÁn

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

手(て)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+6309

grid_viewComponents

• 女おんな
• 宀うかんむり
• 扌てへん

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌安

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 按手あんしゅ手を人の頭の上に置き、霊力を授かるように祈ること。ordination, laying on of hands
• 按腹あんぷく按摩療法で腹部を揉み、摩ること。ventral massage
• 按針あんじん船舶の水先案内人。パイロット。 のこと。pilot (of a boat)
• 按司あじ琉球に置かれた階級及び称号の一つ。chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
• 按手礼あんしゅれい牧師や司祭など聖職者を任命する際、按手によって聖別する儀式。(Protestant) laying on of hands, ordination
• 按摩膏あんまこうmassaging plaster
• 按察使あぜちtravelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
• 按摩さんあんまさんmasseuse, masseur

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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• 侒One part differs
• 咹One part differs
• 姲One part differs
• 桉One part differs
• 胺One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-6

Four Corner

5304.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3c6.10

Heisig

2360

Nelson

1899