ㄢ = an

ㄢ is a final: the vowel part at the end of a syllable. In pinyin it is written an.

Pinyin anIPA /an/Final · Nasal finals2 strokes
Practise ㄢ in the app
Side view of the mouth for ㄢ (an): tongue, lips and airflow.
How to say it

ㄚ ending in n: “ahn”.

Do not mix up

ㄢ ends with the tongue tip up (n); ㄤ ends at the back (ng). See ㄤ (ang) →

Stroke order, step by step

Stroke order from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education. The dot shows where the new stroke starts.

Stroke 1
Stroke 2

Words with ㄢ

安
ㄢ
ān · safe; peaceful
台灣
ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ
tái wān · Taiwan; Formosa · TOCFL Novice 1
電話
ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
diàn huà · telephone; phone · TOCFL Novice 1
時間
ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
shí jiān · time; period · TOCFL Novice 1
現在
ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ
xiàn zài · now; right now · TOCFL Novice 1
今年
ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
jīn nián · this year · TOCFL Novice 1

45 syllables with ㄢ

ㄅㄢbanㄅㄧㄢbianㄆㄢpanㄆㄧㄢpianㄇㄢmanㄇㄧㄢmianㄈㄢfanㄉㄢdanㄉㄧㄢdianㄉㄨㄢduanㄊㄢtanㄊㄧㄢtianㄊㄨㄢtuanㄋㄢnanㄋㄧㄢnianㄌㄢlanㄌㄧㄢlianㄌㄨㄢluanㄍㄢganㄍㄨㄢguanㄎㄢkanㄎㄨㄢkuanㄏㄢhanㄏㄨㄢhuanㄐㄧㄢjianㄐㄩㄢjuanㄑㄧㄢqianㄑㄩㄢquanㄒㄧㄢxianㄒㄩㄢxuanㄓㄢzhanㄓㄨㄢzhuanㄔㄢchanㄔㄨㄢchuanㄕㄢshanㄖㄢranㄖㄨㄢruanㄗㄢzanㄘㄢcanㄙㄢsanㄙㄨㄢsuanㄢanㄧㄢyanㄨㄢwanㄩㄢyuan

Make ㄢ glow.

Zhuyin Pro teaches ㄢ with sound, mouth diagrams, tracing and real words. Then it reminds you before you forget.

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