園 — garden, park, yard
えん
園
garden
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
13 strokes
U+5712
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #628
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #585
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- garden
- park
- yard
word
えん en On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
その ・ぞの sono Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Composed of
Compound ideograph (会意兼形声). 囗 (enclosure) surrounds a core with 土 (earth). A walled garden or park.