ǎn

used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

奄 sound component

  Sound component

yǎnyān

  

ere long

Definitions

 

ǎn

used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds; to eat with the hand; (interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om