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Kanji Detail for 園 - "garden, park"

園

  • Meaning

    園 means "garden, park." Also associated with mausoleum.

    1. Garden - A yard; a cultivated area; a field.

    2. Mausoleum - The tomb of emperors or royalty.

  • Words using 園

    • 公園 こうえん Listen (public) park
    • 学園 がくえん Listen educational institution; school; academy
    • 動物園 どうぶつえん Listen zoo; zoological gardens
    • 幼稚園 ようちえん Listen kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
    • 庭園 ていえん Listen garden; park
    • 花園 はなぞの Listen flower garden
    • 園芸 えんげい Listen horticulture; gardening
    • 園長 えんちょう Listen head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal

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    • Verified meaning: garden, park
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えん, その, そのえ, そのみ)
    • Also carries these associations: mausoleum

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 園

    Given names 園(えん)Listen 園(その)Listen 園(そのえ)Listen 園(そのみ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    park; garden; yard; farm

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    garden; park, orchard

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yuan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    garden, park; orchard

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

    Land for planting fruits, vegetables, flowers, and trees with a fence. Such as the colloquial 園地 (garden plot). | Places for vacation retreats and relaxation are generally called 園. Such as the colloquial 花園 (flower garden). | The mausoleums of emperors of successive dynasties are called 園. In later generations, the tombs of princes, imperial consorts, and princesses were also called 園.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sono(その) その

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    囗 (kunigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    garden mausoleum park field yard plantation arboretum botanical cultivated estate flora flower foliage greenery grounds horticulture landscape lawn meadow orchard shrubbery

Sentences including 園

  • He's somewhere about the park.

  • Their garden is full of very beautiful flowers all the year round.

  • There is a big park near our school.

  • They went to the park the next morning.

  • He lives some where about the park.

  • I got off at the park.

  • I walk my dog in the park every morning.

  • This park is really beautiful and clean.

  • The man whom we saw in the park was mr hill.

  • They went to the zoo by bus yesterday.

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