Sinograph Addenda · Signs
peace
| Name | peace |
|---|---|
| Reads | ān |
| Means | peace, ease, safety; how? |
| Taught in | 09 · The art of asking |
Where it comes from
A woman 女 seated under the roof — the classic account: the household settled, the house at rest. The classics also borrow it as a question word (“wherein? how?”), but its heart is peace, ease, safety — the thing good government owes the old. Taught in the asking chapter.
How to remember it
Roof over, seated within: peace.
In the wild
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