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Chinese symbol for “academy”

学园
xué yuán
Traditional: 學園
academy; campus

The closest CC-CEDICT match for academy is 学园 (xué yuán), defined as: academy; campus.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
园 yuán
garden, park; orchard
radical 31 ⼞ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “academy”

WordPinyinMeaning
院校yuàn xiàocollege; academy
研究院yán jiū yuànresearch institute; academy
专科院校 (專科院校)zhuān kē yuàn xiàoacademy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 学园.

WordPinyinMeaning
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学习 (學習)xué xíto learn; to study
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
学院 (學院)xué yuàncollege; educational institute
公园 (公園)gōng yuánpark (for public recreation); measure word: 座 (zuò)
校园 (校園)xiào yuáncampus

See also: Japanese symbol for “academy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.