• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    17 days ago

    I was in line behind someone who had 安 on her nape. I’m guessing she was going for a meaning of like peaceful or restful or something along those lines but you need a compound like 安心 or 安静 for that.

    The character alone means more like cheap, at least in Japanese. Maybe it’s different in Chinese.

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      17 days ago

      In Chinese, 安 by itself can mean secure. I think.

      edit: it can also be a surname. but still seems a bit strange to me to have that character by itself.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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        Yep, Chinese like to use single character to mean something, but the word generally have positive meaning so it’s used in name as well. Though i’m not sure if it’s surname, never heard anyone with that name, given name though yeah.