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Kotomora

園

park, garden, yard, farm

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • エン

Kun'yomi

  • その

Nanori

  • おん
  • ぞの

Meaning

園 centers on an enclosed cultivated space: a park, garden, yard, or farm. All meanings share the idea of a bounded area where plants are grown or nature is arranged.

Most common words using 園

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  • 公園こうえん
    N5

    (public) park

  • 園その
    N1

    garden; orchard; park

  • 園えん
    N2

    garden; orchard; park; plantation

  • 学園がくえん
    N1

    educational institution; school; academy; campus

  • 幼稚園ようちえん
    N3

    kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

  • 保育園ほいくえん
    N1

    nursery school; day nursery; day care center

  • 甲子園こうしえん

    Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture)

  • 楽園らくえん

    paradise; Eden

  • 庭園ていえん
    N1

    garden; park

  • 農園のうえん

    farm; plantation

  • 園芸えんげい
    N2

    horticulture; gardening

  • 園児えんじ
    N2

    kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare

  • 園長えんちょう

    head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation

  • 入園にゅうえん

    enrollment in kindergarten; enrollment in nursery school

  • 園内えんない

    inside the kindergarten

  • 花園はなぞの

    flower garden

  • 田園でんえん
    N1

    the country; countryside; rural districts

  • 菜園さいえん

    vegetable garden

  • 霊園れいえん

    (garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park

  • 動物園どうぶつえん
    N5

    zoo; zoological gardens

  • 遊園地ゆうえんち
    N3

    amusement park

  • 植物園しょくぶつえん
    N1

    botanical garden

  • 自然公園しぜんこうえん

    nature park; natural park

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Etymology

園 combines 囗 (enclosure) with 袁, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to an enclosed garden or orchard.

Meaning mnemonic

The enclosure 囗 surrounds 袁, like a fence around a garden. Picture a walled park where trees and flowers grow inside a protected space.

Reading mnemonic

For エン, imagine the garden as the end of a long path: end -> エン, and you arrive at a peaceful enclosed park.