院
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
Readings
On'yomi
- イン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
院 centers on an enclosed, established place: an institution, a temple, a mansion, or a school. The common thread is a defined physical or organizational compound.
Most common words using 院
24 of 381- 病院びょういんN5
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
- 入院にゅういんN4
hospitalization; hospitalisation
- 大学院だいがくいんN4
graduate school
- 学院がくいん
institute; academy
- 上院じょういん
upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
- 院長いんちょう
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
- 寺院じいんN2
Buddhist temple
- 衆議院しゅうぎいんN1
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 参議院さんぎいんN1
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 修道院しゅうどういん
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
- 退院たいいんN4
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
- 衆院しゅういん
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 参院さんいん
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
- 医院いいん
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
- 下院かいん
lower house; lower legislative chamber
- 通院つういんN2
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
- 院内いんない
inside the House; inside the Diet
- 大学院生だいがくいんせい
graduate student; postgraduate student
- 議院ぎいん
parliament; congress; diet
- 両院りょういん
both houses of parliament; both upper and lower house
- 書院しょいん
drawing room; study; writing alcove
- 会計検査院かいけいけんさいん
Board of Audit
- 僧院そういん
monastery; temple
- 別院べついん
branch temple
Study
Etymology
院 combines ⻖ (hill, mound) with 完, which likely contributes the sound. The original sense was a walled compound on a rise, later extended to institutions and temples.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ suggests a hill or raised ground, and the right side 完 looks like a roof over a foundation. Picture a walled mansion or temple compound built on a hill: 院 is an institution.
Reading mnemonic
For イン, imagine an inn (イン) that is actually a grand temple or school: inn -> イン, and the inn is the institution.