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
安详
ānxiáng
serene; composed; peaceful in manner
Characters in this word
详 xiáng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 羊 sheep, goat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 祖父临终前神情安详，仿佛早已把一生的风浪都放下了。 Zǔfù línzhōng qián shénqíng ānxiáng, fǎngfú zǎo yǐ bǎ yìshēng de fēnglàng dōu fàngxià le. Before he passed away, Grandfather looked serene, as if he had already laid down all the storms of his life.
- 老人坐在藤椅上，神态安详地晒着太阳。 Lǎorén zuò zài téngyǐ shang, shéntài ānxiáng de shàizhe tàiyáng. The old man sat in a rattan chair, basking in the sun with a serene look.
- 婴儿睡得那么安详，连呼吸都轻轻的。 Yīng'ér shuì de nàme ānxiáng, lián hūxī dōu qīngqīng de. The baby sleeps so peacefully that even its breathing is soft.