CHINESE CHARACTER

案 (àn): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

àn

file, legal case; bench, table

HSK 410 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

木

Primary radical

木 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 案.

安

Phonetic component

安 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 10

Write 案 in 10 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 案

答案dá’àn

HSK 4 · answer; solution

方案fāng’àn

HSK 5 · plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

案例ànlì

HSK 6 · case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example

档案dàng’àn

HSK 6 · file; record; archive

图案tú’àn

HSK 6 · design; pattern

案件ànjiàn

HSK 7-9 · case; instance

Examples using 案

答案

那就是答案。

Nà jiù shì dá àn。

That's the answer.

方案

我们的方案在最后的时刻失败了。

Wǒ men de fāng àn zài zuì hòu de shí kè shī bài le。

Our plans fell through at the last minute.

档案

我给自己的邮件做了一分档案。

Wǒ gěi zì jǐ de yóu jiàn zuò le yì fēn dàng àn。

I created an archive of my emails.

FAQ

What does 案 (àn) mean in Chinese?

file, legal case; bench, table

How do you write 案 in stroke order?

案 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 案?

木 is the radical in 案. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 案?

答案 (dá’àn): answer; solution; 方案 (fāng’àn): plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; 案例 (ànlì): case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example.