Kanji Detail for 苑 - "pasture, garden, gathering place"

苑

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
苑 means "pasture, garden, gathering place."
1. Pasture - An enclosed area for keeping livestock.
2. Garden - A yard; a garden with planted trees.
3. Gathering place - Where things collect; especially scholars and artists.
4. To accumulate - To build up; to feel stifled.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

garden; farm; park

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pasture, park, garden; mansion

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Yuan

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

pasture, park, garden; mansion

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A place for raising birds and beasts. Anciently called 囿. Han called it 苑. | Any place where things gather is called 苑. Such as 文苑 (literary garden), 藝苑 (art garden). Palace names. Such as 內苑 (inner garden), 閬苑 (paradise garden). | Like 屈 (to suppress). To accumulate. (Book of Odes) "My heart is knotted." Also read like 蘊. Same meaning.
Onyomi

en(エン)

on(オン)
Kunyomi

sono(その)

u.tsu(う-つ)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
pasture garden gathering place to accumulate park orchard grounds field meadow enclosed cultivation greenery lawn landscape