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庭

courtyard
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. courtyardRtK
  2. garden
    庭に竹が生えている。There's bamboo growing in the garden.tatoeba
    彼は庭を歩いて横切った。He walked across the garden.tatoeba
  3. yard
  1. field (of action)
  2. area

Synonyms

ガーデン庭園

Popular Usage

家庭校庭

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · courts · porter · drop (丶) · samurai · stretch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 634

Compound words

家庭かてい
home; household; family; hearth
校庭こうてい
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
前庭ぜんてい
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
中庭なかにわ
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
庭園ていえん
garden; park
庭球ていきゅう
tennis
庭木にわき
garden tree
家庭科かていか
home economics
家庭内かていない
within the family; in the home; domestic
家庭教師かていきょうし
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
奥庭おくにわ
inner garden
庭漆にわうるし
tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
庭燎にわび
garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)
逕庭けいてい
great difference
家庭用かていよう
(for) household use
家庭欄かていらん
family column (newspaper)
腟前庭ちつぜんてい
vaginal vestibule
家庭教育かていきょういく
home education
家庭裁判所かていさいばんしょ
family court
家庭内暴力かていないぼうりょく
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents)
こども家庭庁こどもかていちょう
Children and Families Agency
前庭蝸牛神経ぜんていかぎゅうしんけい
vestibulocochlear nerve
家庭を顧みないかていをかえりみない
thinking little of one's family

Additional Examples

彼は庭木を一本切り倒した。
He cut down a tree in his garden.tatoeba
彼は庭の木を切り倒した。
He cut down a tree in his garden.tatoeba
彼は庭の世話をするのが好きです。
He likes taking care of the garden.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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