案

音読おんよみ: アン

訓読くんよみ: つくえ

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 宀(うかんむり)

Meaning

Plan, Idea, Proposal, Table — Often used in contexts involving suggestions, projects, or strategies.


  • 提案ていあん — proposal, suggestion
  • 案内あんない — guidance, showing around
  • 案件あんけん — matter, item on the agenda
  • 考案こうあん — idea, invention
  • 案文あんぶん — draft text
  • 案外あんがい — unexpectedly

The kanji 案 combines 宀 (roof) with 安 (peace) to suggest the idea of thinking peacefully under a roof — reflecting the act of pondering or planning. It originally referred to a physical desk or table, and later extended to ideas, plans, and proposals made at such places.

あたらしいあんしました。
I presented a new proposal.

かれあんは とてもいいとおもいます。
I think his idea is really good.

案内あんないしていただけますか?
Could you show me around?

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