院 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 完 to complete, to finish, to settle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
院子
yuànzi
courtyard; yard
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 院子很大。 Yuànzi hěn dà. The yard is very big.
- 我在院子里。 Wǒ zài yuànzi lǐ. I am in the yard.
- 院子有树。 Yuànzi yǒu shù. There is a tree in the yard.
Related words
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 学院 xuéyuàn college, institute
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 出院 chūyuàn to leave the hospital
- 院 yuàn courtyard
- 院长 yuànzhǎng director; head of an institution
- 住院 zhùyuàn to be in the hospital
- 法院 fǎyuàn court
- 包子 bāozi baozi, steamed stuffed bun
- 杯子 bēizi cup, glass
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book
- 儿子 érzi son