plan / proposal
N3- Onyomi
- アン
- Stroke count
- 10
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 案 down and you get 安 (peaceful / safe) — a figure settled calm and safe under a steady roof, and beside it 木 (tree / wood) — a tree with branches reaching up and roots spreading down. Picture rows of curved roof tiles overlapping down from the ridge, put 案 inside it, and let that scene stand for "plan" — plan / proposal. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 10
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は10画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 10 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
提案
teian
proposal
案内
annai
guidance
翻案
hon'an
adaptation (of a work)
案内する
annaisuru
to do guidance
翻案した
hon'anshita
plain past: did adaptation (of a work)
提案した
teianshita
plain past: did proposal
Example sentences (5)
会議で新しいアイデアを提案しました。
かいぎ で あたらしい あいであ を ていあん しました。
kaigi de atarashii aidea o teian shimashita.
I proposed a new idea in the meeting.
いい提案なので、部長も賛成してくれると思います。
いい ていあん な ので、ぶちょう も さんせい して くれる と おもいます。
ii teian na node, buchou mo sansei shite kureru to omoimasu.
It is a good proposal, so I think the manager will agree too.
新しいオフィスを案内します。
あたらしい おふぃす を あんない します。
atarashii ofisu o annai shimasu.
I will show you around the new office.
会場が分かりにくいので、駅まで案内しに行きます。
かいじょう が わかりにくい ので、えき まで あんない し に いきます。
kaijou ga wakarinikui node, eki made annai shi ni ikimasu.
The venue is hard to find, so I will go to the station to guide them.
その提案を検討しています。
その ていあん を けんとう しています。
sono teian o kentou shiteimasu.
We are considering that proposal.