How to write 院 (yuàn, “courtyard”)
院 (yuàn), an HSK 1 character, means “courtyard” and “institution”. China writes it with 9 strokes and Japan with 10 strokes. Among the HSK words it appears in 医院 (“hospital”), 电影院 (“cinema”) and 住院 (“to stay in hospital”). Japanese reads it in, “Inst.”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 阝 (“mound or town”)
Stroke by stroke
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
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- 9
As a left-right character it splits into 阝 (“mound or town”, the radical), strokes 1–2; 完 (“to finish”), strokes 3–9, written the left part first.
- top leftrightwards → downwards → leftwards
- top leftdownwards
- topdown and right
- topdownwards
- toprightwards → down and left
- centerrightwards
- centerrightwards
- centerdownwards → down and left
- centerdownwards → rightwards → upwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japan writes it with 10 strokes and China with 9 strokes, and both counts match the reference lists (KANJIDIC2, Unihan).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| yuàn fourth tone | courtyard; institution | — | 医院 电影院 住院 出院 |
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- Words with it
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Words with 院
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 醫院 | yīyuàn | hospital HSK 1 |
| 电影院 電影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater HSK 1 |
| 住院 | zhùyuàn | to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized HSK 3 |
| 出院 | chūyuàn | to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital HSK 3 |
| 学院 學院 | xuéyuàn | college; educational institute HSK 4 |
| 院子 | yuànzi | courtyard; garden HSK 4 |
| 院长 院長 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a… HSK 4 |
| 剧院 劇院 | jùyuàn | theater HSK 4 |
| 法院 | fǎyuàn | court of law; court HSK 5 |
| 养老院 養老院 | yǎnglǎoyuàn | nursing home HSK 6 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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