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院

courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #347 U+9662

How 院 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 (semantic, “place”) + 完 (phonetic, wán)

components: 阝 完

How to remember it

Inst. · Heisig RSH #1065

pinnacle + 完 finish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 完

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 完 (wán) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
完 sound component wán to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
烷 wán alkane
浣 huàn to wash, to rinse
莞 wǎn to smile; club-rush, Scirpus lacustris
皖 wǎn Anhui province
鲩 huàn carp
筦 guǎn key; pipe; to be in charge
脘 wǎn abdominal cavity

Words containing 院

WordPinyinMeaning
地区法院 dì qū fǎ yuàn regional court
中国科学院 Zhōng guó Kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Science
上海音乐学院 Shàng hǎi Yīn yuè Xué yuàn Shanghai Conservatory of Music
海事法院 hǎi shì fǎ yuàn maritime court
加州理工学院 Jiā zhōu Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn California Institute of Technology (Caltech); abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院
人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law); people's tribunal
地方法院 dì fāng fǎ yuàn county court; district court
明德学院 Míng dé Xué yuàn Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
法学院 fǎ xué yuàn law school
加利福尼亚理工学院 Jiā lì fú ní yà Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
管理学院 guǎn lǐ xué yuàn school of management
工学院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering; college of engineering
外交学院 Wài jiāo Xué yuàn China Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing
老人院 lǎo rén yuàn nursing home; old people's home
中国社会科学院 Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
神学院 shén xué yuàn seminary
学会院士 xué huì yuàn shì academician; fellow of academy
理发院 lǐ fà yuàn barbershop; hairdresser's
三合院 sān hé yuàn residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
中国工程院 Zhōng guó Gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering