平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平安
píng'ān
safe and well
Characters in this word
安 ān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 祝你平安。 Zhù nǐ píng'ān. I wish you peace and safety.
- 一路平安！ Yí lù píng'ān! Have a safe trip!
- 家人都平安。 Jiārén dōu píng'ān. All my family are safe and well.