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长安 (Cháng ān): meaning and stroke order

长安 (Cháng ān) means Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安).

长安

Simplified
长安
Traditional
長安
Pinyin
Cháng ān

Stroke order of 长安

长

  • cháng long; (bound form) length
  • zhǎng chief; head
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 長

Stroke by stroke

安

  • Ān surname An
  • ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 长安

  1. Cháng ān Traditional 長安
    • Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE
    • see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]

Radicals of the characters

长
Radical 长 (Kangxi radical 168) in its simplified form · 4 strokes
安
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 6 strokes · 宀 on top, 女 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

长安 in our stories

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  • 十三年后，当他回到长安时，出发时的一百多人只剩下两个。

    shísān nián hòu dāng tā huídào Cháng'ān shí chūfā shí de yìbǎi duō rén zhǐ shèng xià liǎng gè

    Thirteen years after setting out, when he returned to Chang'an, only two of the hundred-odd men were left.

    From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

  • 唐朝时，长安城外的泾河里住着一位龙王，专门负责这一带的下雨。

    Tángcháo shí Cháng'ān chéng wài de Jīng Hé lǐ zhù zhe yí wèi Lóngwáng zhuānmén fùzé zhè yídài de xiàyǔ

    In the Tang dynasty, in the Jing River outside Chang'an, lived a Dragon King whose sole duty was the rain in that region.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 那年春天，书生韩青第三次落榜，从长安回家，走到黄河边的龙门渡口时，天已经快黑了。

    nà nián chūntiān shūshēng Hán Qīng dì-sān cì luòbǎng cóng Cháng'ān huí jiā zǒu dào Huáng Hé biān de Lóngmén dùkǒu shí tiān yǐjīng kuài hēi le

    That spring the scholar Han Qing failed the examination for the third time. Heading home from Chang'an, he reached the Dragon Gate ferry on the Yellow River as night was falling.

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 长安

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).