Chinese Character Wiki
院

yuàn

courtyard

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

完 sound component

完  Sound component

wán

  

complete

Evolution

院 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
院 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
院 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

院  

yuàn

courtyard, yard, court; school; courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 院
Freq.
Word
Meaning

医院

hospital

院

courtyard

学院

college

法院

court

国务院

State Council (PRC)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢʷra[n]-s

hjwenH

yuàn

wall round a courtyard


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 60.8522% of movies

497th most common character in movies

338th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+9662

Shuowen

“院，堅也。从，完聲。”


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