案
案·plan, proposal, draft
- On-yomi
- アン
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提案 | ていあん | proposal, suggestion |
| 案内 | あんない | guidance, showing the way |
| 案外 | あんがい | unexpectedly, more than expected |
| 案の定 | あんのじょう | just as one expected |
Example sentences
駅まで案内しましょうか。
えきまであんないしましょうか。
Shall I show you the way to the station?
会議で新しい案を提案した。
かいぎであたらしいあんをていあんした。
I put forward a new plan at the meeting.
試験は案外簡単だった。
しけんはあんがいかんたんだった。
The exam was easier than I expected.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 案外 as あんげ — it is あんがい
- Using 案 alone for a casual 'idea' — for a bright idea Japanese usually says アイデア or 考え
Memory aid
Picture it
安 (settle, at ease) over 木 (a wooden desk): sitting calmly at a desk is where a plan or draft gets written.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 法案ほうあんbill (proposed law)
- 案の定あんのじょうjust as expected, sure enough (usually of something bad)
- 翻案ほんあんadaptation (of a work)
- 議案ぎあんbill; measure; motion (put before a meeting)
- 案じるあんじるto be anxious about; to worry over; to think out (a plan)
- 案内あんないguidance, information
- 提案するていあんするto propose, to suggest
- 答案とうあんanswer sheet, exam paper
- 提案ていあんproposal, proposition, suggestion
- 案あんplan, proposal, draft (also as a suffix)
- 案外あんがいunexpectedly
- 引っ込み思案ひっこみじあんshy, withdrawn, retiring
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