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institution

HSK 2 N3
Objects →Buildings
yuàn
イン
원
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound.
Components
阝 mound+ 完 finish =
院 institution
阝 Meaning component
fù mound
place
阝 is a component form of 阜.
完 Phonetic component
wán finish
complete, finish, settle
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Notes
Similar Characters
檃 阢 阮 ancient musical instrument:祁 numerous邨 hamlet-village郤 opening陀 steep bank陟 scale隙 rift邓 Deng (surname) (simp)邗 an ancient place邘 state in Henan province (iii)邙 henan邛 distress邝 Kuang (surname) (simp)邠 county邡 name of a (90a1)邢 Xing (surname)邬 various place names (simp)邯 city in Hebei province
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
院
Regular
Modern
Chinese
院 [yuàn]
courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[gè]
Japanese
院 いん 同音

noun

  1. house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
  2. graduate school; postgraduate school
  3. honorific imperial palace
  4. honorifichistorical title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.

suffix

  1. institution (often medical); institutional building; government office
  2. Buddhism sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
  3. former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
院 いん
In female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
医院 [yī​yuàn] #610
hospital
医院 [yī​yuàn] #610
hospital
学院 [xué​yuàn] #2,631
college
学院 [xué​yuàn] #2,631
college
法院 [fǎ​yuàn] #2,677
court of law
国务院 [Guó​wù​yuàn] #11,205
State Council (PRC)
国务院 [Guó​wù​yuàn] #11,205
State Council (PRC)
住院 [zhù​yuàn] #4,574
to be in hospital
剧院 [jù​yuàn] #3,545
theater
剧院 [jù​yuàn] #3,545
theater
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 病院 [びょういん] #1,582
hospital
⭐ 入院 [にゅういん] #4,366
hospitalization
⭐ 退院 [たいいん] #7,045
leaving hospital
⭐ 学院 [がくいん] #8,628
institute
⭐ 院長 [いんちょう] #10,046
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.)
⭐ 孤児院 [こじいん] #10,062
orphanage
⭐ 修道院 [しゅうどういん] #16,318
monastery
⭐ 寺院 [じいん] #16,852
Buddhist temple
入院中 [にゅういんちゅう] #21,830
in the hospital
総合病院 [そうごうびょういん] #24,858
general hospital
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KOREAN WORDS (28)
병원 #939
hospital; clinic
퇴원 #6,777
leaving the hospital; being discharged from the hospital
원장 #11,075
director; president
법원 #15,172
court of law
의원 #19,770
clinic; medical office
입원 #25,587
hospitalization
학원 #32,919
school
양로원 #43,197
nursing home
가축병원
veterinary hospital
개원
opening of a hospital; opening of an institute
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