园 (yuán): land used for growing plants, site used for public recreation, abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
园 (yuán) is a Chinese character meaning “land used for growing plants.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 囗 (semantic) and 元 (phonetic). It ranks #987 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 园 enclosure. Its radical form 囗 (enclosure) appears in many related characters such as 四 (sì, four), 回 (huí, to circle), 国 (guó, country).
Definitions
- land used for growing plants
- site used for public recreation
- abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 园
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 公园noun | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation) | 3 |
| 花园noun | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc) | 3 |
| 校园noun | xiào yuán | campus | 3 |
| 动物园noun | dòng wù yuán | zoo | 3 |
| 家园noun | jiā yuán | home | 6 |
| 幼儿园noun | yòu ér yuán | kindergarten | 5 |
| 园林noun | yuán lín | gardens | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乐园noun | lè yuán | paradise |
| 庄园noun | zhuāng yuán | manor |
| 园丁noun | yuán dīng | gardener |
| 游乐园noun | yóu lè yuán | amusement park |
| 园艺noun | yuán yì | gardening |
| 伊甸园proper-noun | yī diàn yuán | Garden of Eden |
| 葡萄园noun | pú tao yuán | vineyard |
| 果园noun | guǒ yuán | orchard |
| 墓园noun | mù yuán | cemetery |
| 种植园noun | zhòng zhí yuán | plantation |
| 植物园noun | zhí wù yuán | botanical garden |
| 田园noun | tián yuán | fields |
| 幼稚园noun | yòu zhì yuán | kindergarten (Tw) |
| 园区noun | yuán qū | site developed for a group of related enterprises |
| 菜园noun | cài yuán | vegetable garden |
园 appears in 99 compound words: 9 as the first character, 77 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 园 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
lit. not even peek at the garden; fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)
Example Sentences
学习园字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí yuán zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "园" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and legible writing.
桃园人妻晨间泼酸毁夫双眼 获缓刑理由曝光
táo yuán rén qī chén jiān pō suān huǐ fū shuāng yǎn huò huǎn xíng lǐ yóu pù guāng
Taoyuan wife splashed acid in the morning and destroyed her husband's eyes, and the reason for the suspended sentence was exposed
一男子试图闯入海湖庄园被击毙
yī nán zǐ shì tú chuǎng rù hǎi hú zhuāng yuán bèi jī bì
A man was killed while trying to break into Mar-a-Lago
港深创科园冀2035前创10万职位 马惟善:今年招...
gǎng shēn chuàng kē yuán 冀 2 0 3 5 qián chuàng 1 0 wàn zhí wèi mǎ 惟 shàn : jīn nián zhāo . . .
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park hopes to create 100,000 jobs by 2035 Ma Weishan: This year's recruitment...
上海乐高乐园度假区首个春节表现亮眼,成亲子家庭出行....
shàng hǎi lè gāo lè yuán dù jiǎ qū shǒu gè chūn jié biǎo xiàn liàng yǎn , chéng qīn zǐ jiā tíng chū háng . . . .
Shanghai Legoland Resort's first Spring Festival performance was eye-catching, and parents and children traveled as a family....
上海乐高乐园迎开园后首个春节假期,正月初三刷新单日....
shàng hǎi lè gāo lè yuán yíng kāi yuán hòu shǒu gè chūn jié jiǎ qī , zhèng yuè chū sān shuā xīn dān rì . . . .
Shanghai Legoland welcomed the first Spring Festival holiday after the opening of the park, and the third day of the first lunar month refreshed a single day....
你为什么说要去公园散步？
Nǐ wèishénme shuō yào qù gōngyuán sànbù?
Why are you saying you want to walk in the park?
公园里有动物园吗？
Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu dòngwùyuán ma?
Is there a zoo in the park?
那么去人民公园怎么走？
Nàme qù rénmín gōngyuán zěnme zǒu?
So which way is it to the People's Park?
你今天下午想不想去动物园？
Nǐ jīntiān xiàwǔ xiǎng bù xiǎng qù dòngwùyuán?
Would you like to go to the zoo this afternoon?
Character Family
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