漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
庭: courtyard, garden
Also: yard
JLPT N310 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
广 carries the meaning · 廷 gives the sound
10 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 校庭こうていcampus play ground
- 石庭せきていrock garden
- 家庭かていfamily, household
- 庭園ていえんgarden, park
にわniwa · kun'yomi · on its own
- 庭にわgarden
- 中庭なかにわcourtyard
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tíng
Same form: 庭 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 庭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 庭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tíng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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