Chinese Character 院 Meanings and components.

Form

院

Meaning

院 meaning[3] in English

Courtyard.

Institution.

Cl:個|个[Ge4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 院 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and to finish (完)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLJMU

How to write 院

To write院yuan4courtyard you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 完wan2to finish arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 完 = 院

院 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 院 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 院, looks as follow:

院
Pinyin:yuan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Courtyard . Institution . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
完
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Finish . To Be Over . Whole . Complete . Entire
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
元
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan . The Yuan Or Mongol Dynasty (1279-1368)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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