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苑

garden
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingエン、オン
Kun readingその、う.つ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. gardenRtK
    「広辞苑にこう書いてあります」と言って、広辞苑を唯一の拠り所に論陣を張る人がよくいる。There are a lot of people who say, "it says this in Koujien," and use that dictionary as the only grounds for their argument.tatoeba
    京都御苑　寺町通Kyoto Imperial Garden (Kyoto Gyoen), Teramachi-dori Streetwiki
  2. farm
  3. park
  1. orchard
  2. plantation
  3. kindergarten

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · mailbox · evening · fingerprint

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1523

Compound words

御苑ぎょえん
imperial garden
外苑がいえん
outer garden
苑内えんない
inside the kindergarten
公苑こうえん
(public) park
田苑でんえん
the country
内苑ないえん
inner garden
入苑にゅうえん
enrollment in kindergarten
廃苑はいえん
neglected garden
霊苑れいえん
(garden) cemetery
入苑券にゅうえんけん
ticket to the garden

Additional Examples

京都御苑　丸太町
Kyoto Gyoen, Marutamachiwiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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