Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

苑: garden, farm

Also: park

JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 夗 is drawn in

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

エンen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 御苑ぎょえんimperial garden
  • 外苑がいえんouter garden

そのsono · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 苑そのgarden; orchard; park

Also read オン, うつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

All 74
夗

Also built on 夗

Also read エン

23 kanji share this on'yomiAll 23

Also read オン

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
苑 garden · 艹
vs宛 address · 宀
苑 has 艹 where 宛 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yuàn

Same form: 苑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
苑 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
苑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yuàn 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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