案

àn

ànno initial · 4th tone — spelling rules

(legal) case · incident

Radical: 木 Strokes: 10

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱条权术

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Character Decomposition

案=安+木

Etymology

wood

Meanings

(legal) case

incident

record

file

table

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Words with 案 318 total

draft (legislation, proposal etc)草案cǎo àn to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)伏案fú àn case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example案例àn lì

Idioms with 案 30 total Chain

to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting案兵束甲àn bīng shù jiǎ to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting案甲休兵àn jiǎ xiū bīng lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work堆案盈几duī àn yíng jī lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage举案齐眉jǔ àn qí méi