Hanja Analyzer
園

園 — won

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
동산 원
Romanization
won
English
garden; park, orchard
Mandarin
yuán
Japanese on'yomi
エン, オン
Japanese kun'yomi
その
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#628 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Variant forms
薗
Radical
囗 (31, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
袁(원)
Unicode
U+5712

Parts that make up 園

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 袁 성(姓) 원sound 옷을 걸친 모양‘원’ 계열의 소리

How 園 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 園 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 袁.

Korean example words with 園

  • 산원山園 Korean gloss: 임금의 무덤
  • 폐원廢園 Korean gloss: 황폐한 정원
  • 도원桃園 Korean gloss: 복사나무가 많은 정원
  • 원아園兒 Korean gloss: 유치원에 다니는 아이
  • 정원庭園 Korean gloss: 집 안에 있는 뜰이나 꽃밭
  • 구원丘園 Korean gloss: 언덕에 있는 화원이나 과수원
  • 묘원墓園 Korean gloss: 공원처럼 꾸며 놓은 공동묘지
  • 균원菌園 Korean gloss: 균류가 모여서 만들어진 집합체
  • 후원後園 Korean gloss: 집 뒤에 있는 정원이나 작은 동산
  • 농원農園 Korean gloss: 주로 원예 작물을 심어 가꾸는 농장
  • 조원造園 Korean gloss: 정원이나 공원, 유원지 따위를 만듦
  • 침원寢園 Korean gloss: 왕세자나 세자빈 및 왕의 친척 등의 산소

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 園

  • 公園こうえん (public) park
  • 学園がくえん educational institution; school; academy
  • 動物園どうぶつえん zoo; zoological gardens
  • 幼稚園ようちえん kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
  • 園その garden; orchard; park
  • 田園でんえん the country; countryside; rural districts
  • 庭園ていえん garden; park
  • 花園はなぞの flower garden
  • 園芸えんげい horticulture; gardening
  • 園長えんちょう head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal
  • 遊園地ゆうえんち amusement park
  • 園児えんじ kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler

Characters sharing the phonetic 袁

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “원” in Korean.

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 囗

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