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Kotomora

庭

courtyard, garden, yard

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • テイ

Kun'yomi

  • にわ

Nanori

  • ば

Meaning

庭 centers on an open outdoor space attached to a building: a courtyard, garden, or yard.

Most common words using 庭

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  • 家庭かてい
    N5

    home; household; family; hearth

  • 庭にわ
    N5

    garden; yard; courtyard

  • 庭園ていえん
    N1

    garden; park

  • 中庭なかにわ
    N1

    courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

  • 校庭こうてい
    N2

    schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

  • 箱庭はこにわ

    miniature garden

  • 庭師にわし

    gardener

  • 裏庭うらにわ

    rear garden; back yard

  • 庭先にわさき

    part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

  • 前庭ぜんてい

    front garden; front yard

  • 庭木にわき

    garden tree

  • 庭付きにわつき

    having a garden; with a garden

  • 庭球ていきゅう

    tennis

  • 石庭せきてい

    rock garden

  • 南庭なんてい

    grounds south of a building; southern garden

  • 家庭内かていない

    within the family; in the home; domestic

  • 家庭教師かていきょうし

    (home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher

  • 家庭科かていか

    home economics

  • 家庭内暴力かていないぼうりょく

    household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence

  • 家庭裁判所かていさいばんしょ

    family court

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Etymology

庭 combines 广 (building) with 廷 (court), suggesting an open area within a building's grounds. The modern form preserves this structure clearly.

Meaning mnemonic

Under the building roof 广, the inner 廷 looks like a leveled ground with a path leading to it. Picture a courtyard or garden right outside the building.

Reading mnemonic

For テイ, imagine a tea party in the garden: tea -> テイ, and the courtyard is the perfect spot for it.