# 庵

| 庵 | U+5EB5, &#24245; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EB5 |
| ← 庴 [U+5EB4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庶 → [U+5EB6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

庵 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈大中山 (IKLU), four-corner 0021$_6$, composition ⿸广奄)

#### Derived characters

* 𫫡, 𧫥, 𪩑, 蓭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 347, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9369
* Dae Jaweon: page 657, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 887, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5EB5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 庵 | *qoːm, *qoːb |
| 鵪 | *qoːm |
| 菴 | *qoːm, *qrom |
| 馣 | *qoːm |
| 晻 | *qoːmʔ, *qromʔ |
| 唵 | *qoːmʔ |
| 黤 | *qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ |
| 埯 | *qaːmʔ, *qomʔ |
| 淹 | *qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms |
| 閹 | *qrom, *qromʔ |
| 崦 | *qrom |
| 醃 | *qrom, *qom |
| 掩 | *qromʔ |
| 奄 | *qromʔ |
| 罨 | *qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob |
| 裺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 俺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 腌 | *qom, *qrob, *qob |
| 殗 | *qob |
| 餣 | *qob |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːm, *qoːb): semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house; pit; womb”). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྱིམ (khyim, “house”) and Burmese အိမ် (im, “house”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ān (an$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): am$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): am$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): âm
    (Hailu, HRS): am$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): am$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ghan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ó̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ăng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): am
    (Teochew, Peng'im): am$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$oe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ān
*** Zhuyin: ㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: an
*** Wade–Giles: an$^1$
*** Yale: ān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^1$
*** Yale: ām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: am$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /am³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: âm
*** Hakka Romanization System: am$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: am$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /am²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: am$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: am$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ghan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ó̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ăng
*** Sinological IPA : /aŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ang$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ang
*** Sinological IPA : /aŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am
*** Tâi-lô: am
*** Phofsit Daibuun: afm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: am$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: am
*** Sinological IPA : /am³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$oe
*** MiniDict: oe$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$oe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ngan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋan³³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit庵 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /an⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /an⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ŋã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɣã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /an²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ŋã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /nã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /an⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /an⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ŋan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ŋan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ŋan⁵⁵/ /ian⁵⁵/ 新 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /aŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐæ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɣæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ŋɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ŋæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ø⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ø⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔẽ̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ø³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋɛ³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ŋɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋan³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ŋan³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋɵn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /am⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ɑm²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ɐm⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ɐm⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ɐm⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /am⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /aŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ɔŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /am³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /am²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'om, 'op
Rime :
| Character | 庵 | 庵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 烏含切 | 烏合切 |
| Baxter | 'om | 'op |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌm/ | /ʔʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəm/ | /ʔəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒm/ | /ʔɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəm/ | /ʔəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀm/ | /ʔᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒm/ | /ɒp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔăm/ | /ʔăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ān | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | am$^1$ | ap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːm/, /*qoːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 庵 | 庵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14328 | 14358 |
| Phonetic component | 奄 | 奄 |
| Rime group | 談 | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 諳 | 姶 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːm/ | /*qoːb/ |
| Notes | 見釋名 | |

### Definitions

庵
* dome-shaped grass house; hut
* (Buddhism) monastery or nunnery
* (Penang Hokkien) temple
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 尼姑庵, 庵堂, 庵子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑子庵兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑子廟 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 尼姑庵兒, 姑子廟兒, 姑子庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姑姑兒庵兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 師姑庵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 庵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 師姑庵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 師姑庵, 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 師姑庵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尼姑庵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 庵堂, 佛庵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 庵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 庵堂 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 菜堂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尼姑庵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 庵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尼姑庵, 庵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尼姑庵, 菜堂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 尼姑庵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 齋堂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尼姑庵, 庵堂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 師姑寺 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿姑寺 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 師姑堂, 庵堂, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 師姑堂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 師姑廟, 尼姑廟 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 庵堂, 庵, 尼姑庵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 師姑娘寮, 師姑娘堂, 庵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尼姑寺 |

### Compounds

* 小庵
* 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
* 尼庵 (ní'ān)
* 庵主
* 庵堂 (āntáng)
* 庵寺
* 庵觀 / 庵观
* 普庵咒
* 普庵老祖
* 老郎庵
* 茶庵嶺 / 茶庵岭 (Chá'ānlǐng)
* 觀音庵 / 观音庵
* 陶庵夢憶 / 陶庵梦忆
* 青龍庵 / 青龙庵 (Qīnglóng'ān)

### References

* (Min Nan) 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “庵”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎, volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 23

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* hut
* hermitage
* retreat (a peaceful, quiet place, esp. one meant for meditation or prayer)

#### Readings

* Go-on: おん (on)
* Kan-on: あん (an)
* Kun: いお (io, 庵)、いおり (iori, 庵)、いおる (ioru, 庵る)

#### Compounds

* 草(そう)庵(あん) (sōan, “thatched hut”)
* 沢(たく)庵(あん) (takuan), 沢(たく)庵(わん) (takuwan)
* 竹(ちく)庵(あん) (Chikuan)
* 幽(ゆう)庵(あん)焼(や)き, 柚(ゆう)庵(あん)焼(や)き (yūan yaki)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 庵
* いおり Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 廬 菴
/ipori/ → /ifori/ → /ihʷori/ → /iori/
From Old Japanese.
The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 庵(いお)る (ioru, “to reside in a temporary hut”, obsolete). Likely derived from io (see below).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いおり [ìórí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [io̞ɾʲi]

#### Noun

庵(いおり) • (iori)
* a coarse hut made of bamboo and reeds, especially one made by a monk or hermit
    Synonyms: 庵室 (anshitsu), 草庵 (sōan)
* a small house
* (humble) one's home
* a temporary hut
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 10, poem 2235:, text here
    秋(あき)田(た)苅(かる)客(たび)乃(の)廬入(いほり)尓(に)四具礼(しぐれ)零(ふり)我袖(わがそで)沾(ぬれぬ)干人無(ほすひとなし)二(に) [Man'yōgana]
    秋(あき)田(た)刈(か)る旅(たび)のいほりにしぐれ降(ふ)り我(わ)が袖(そで)濡(ぬ)れぬ干(ほ)す人(ひと)なしに [Modern spelling]
* a military camp (attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō)
    Synonym: -軍営(ぐんえい) (gun'ei)
* a kind of 家紋(かもん) (kamon, “family crest”) with the design of a hut
* Short for 庵形 (iori-gata): a figure in the shape of a roof
* Short for 庵看板 (iori kanban): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Derived terms

* 庵(いおり)さす (iori sasu)
* 庵(いおり)す (iorisu)
* 庵(いおり)形(がた) (iori-gata)
* 庵(いおり)看板(かんばん) (iori kanban)
* 庵(いおり)点(てん) (iori-ten)
* 庵(いおり)の梅(うめ), 庵(いおりの)梅(うめ) (Iori no ume)
* 庵(いおり)木瓜(もっこう) (iori mokkō), 庵(いおり)に木瓜(もっこう) (iori ni mokkō)
* 桂庵(けいあん), 慶庵(けいあん) (keian)
* 草(くさ)の庵(いおり) (kusa no iori)
* 苔(こけ)の庵(いおり) (koke no iori)
* 笹(ささ)の庵(いおり) (sasa no iori)
* 柴(しば)の庵(いおり) (shiba no iori)

#### Proper noun

庵(いおり) • (Iori)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 庵
* いお Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 廬 菴
/ipo/ → /ifo/ → /ihʷo/ → /io/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ipua.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

庵(いお) • (io)
* a temporary hut made of bamboo and reeds
* a temporary residence
** 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 983, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 8)
    わが庵(いほ)は都(みよこ)のたつみしかぞすむ世(よ)をうぢ山(やま)と人(ひと)はいふなり
       waga io wa miyako no tatsumi shika zo sumu yo o Ujiyama to hito wa iunari
       (please add an English translation of this example)

##### Derived terms

* 仮庵(かりいお) (kariio), 仮庵(かりほ) (kariho), 仮庵(かりお) (kario)
* 刈(かり)穂(ほ)の庵(いお), 刈(か)り穂(ほ)の庵(いお) (kariho no io)
* 草(くさ)の庵(いお) (kusa no io)
* 苔(こけ)の庵(いお) (koke no io)
* 笹(ささ)の庵(いお) (sasa no io)
* 伏(ふ)せ庵(いお) (fuseio)
* 曲(ま)げ庵(いお) (mageio)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 庵
* あん Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 菴
/am/ → /amu/ → /aɴ/
From Middle Chinese 庵 (MC 'om).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

庵(あん) • (an)
* a small house with a thatched roof
* (Buddhism) a priest's quarter attached to a large Zen temple

##### Derived terms

* 庵号(あんごう) (angō)
* 庵室(あんしつ) (anshitsu), 庵室(あんじつ) (anjitsu)
* 庵主(あんじゅ) (anju), 庵主(あんしゅ) (anshu)
* 御(お)庵(あん) (o-an)
* 小庵(しょうあん) (shōan)
* 僧庵(そうあん) (sōan)
* 伯庵(はくあん) (Hakuan)
* 不(ふ)識(しき)庵(あん) (Fushiki-an)

#### Suffix

庵(あん) • (-an)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Derived terms

* 幻住(げんじゅう)庵(あん) (Genjū-an)
* 今日(こんにち)庵(あん) (Konnichi-an)
* 芭蕉(ばしょう)庵(あん) (Bashō-an)

#### Proper noun

庵(あん) • (An)
* a surname

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

庵 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

庵: Hán Nôm readings: am
* chữ Hán form of am (“hermitage, secluded hut, cottage, etc.”).