yuán

garden

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
囗 meaning component

  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

元 sound component

  Sound component

yuán

  

first

Evolution

园 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
园 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
园 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
园 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yuán

garden; park, orchard; land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in |, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc

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Yuán

surname Yuan

Most common words with 园
Freq.
Word
Meaning

公园

park (for public recreation)

花园

garden

land used for growing plants

校园

campus

幼儿园

kindergarten