園
park, garden, yard, farm
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
23 of 259- 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
Study
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.