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Kanji Detail for 院 - "mansion, institution"

院

  • Meaning

    院 means "mansion, institution." Also associated with fence.

    1. Fence - An enclosure; a wall.

    2. Mansion - A building with enclosures.

    3. Institution - Buildings for offices, temples, schools.

    4. Palace - The residence of retired emperors; respectful term for them.

  • Words using 院

    • 参院 さんいん Listen House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 病院 びょういん Listen hospital; clinic; doctor's office
    • 衆院 しゅういん Listen House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
    • 上院 じょういん Listen upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
    • 下院 かいん Listen lower house; lower legislative chamber
    • 両院 りょういん Listen both houses of parliament; both upper and lower house
    • 入院 にゅういん Listen hospitalization; hospitalisation
    • 大学院 だいがくいん Listen graduate school

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    • Verified meaning: mansion, institution
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いん)
    • Also carries these associations: fence

    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 院

    Given names 院(いん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Inst.; institution; temple; mansion; school

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    courtyard, yard, court; school

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    court, yard, courtyard; school

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

    A surrounding wall. A room with a surrounding wall is called 院. | A place. As in 學院 (academy), 戲院 (theater). | Name of a government office. As in 法院 (court), 參議院 (senate) and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    in(イン) イン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    fence mansion institution palace building temple academy barrier boundary clinic court enclosure hospital monastery school seminary chapel congress council parliament senate lodge hedge railing

Sentences including 院

  • She has been in hospital for a month.

  • He is not a patient but a doctor in this hospital.

  • We saw the lady carried away to the hospital.

  • I went to the hospital to see my mother.

  • I work for a hospital.

  • The hospital was far away from his village.

  • This hospital is run by the city.

  • You should go to the hospital at once.

  • I went to the hospital to see my wife.

  • He's sick and was hospitalized.

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