园 yuán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
园林
yuánlín
garden
Characters in this word
林 lín
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个园林很美。 Zhège yuánlín hěn měi. This garden is very beautiful.
- 我爱古园林。 Wǒ ài gǔ yuánlín. I love old gardens.
- 园林里有花。 Yuánlín lǐ yǒu huā. There are flowers in the garden.