HSK 5 · Nature

岸 àn “bank” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 岸 means

  1. bank
  2. shore
  3. coast
  4. beach

How to say 岸

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale岸àn4th tone, falling

岸 in a sentence

  1. 她的家在河对岸。

    Tā de jiā zài hé duì'àn.

    Her house is across the river.

    Sentence #1493978 from Tatoeba

  2. 现在下船，游到岸边。

    Xiànzài xià chuán, yóu dào ànbiān.

    Now get off the boat and swim to the shore.

    Sentence #2318396 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 岸边开满了鲜花。

    Ànbiān kāimǎn le xiānhuā.

    The bank is covered in flowers.

    Sentence #343324 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 岸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 岸 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
  • 山mountain · shān
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 干dry · gān

How to write 岸

岸 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

岸 (àn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 岸 (àn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

岸 (àn) means “bank” or “shore”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it àn: àn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 岸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type an with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 岸 from the suggestions. Typing an into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
岸 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.