Chinese symbol for “courtyard”
院
yuàn
courtyard; institution; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for courtyard is 院 (yuàn), defined as: courtyard; institution; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “courtyard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 院子 | yuàn zi | courtyard; garden |
| 庭院 | tíng yuàn | courtyard |
| 大院 | dà yuàn | courtyard; compound |
| 院落 | yuàn luò | courtyard |
| 天井 | tiān jǐng | courtyard; atrium |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 法院 | fǎ yuàn | court of law; court |
| 院长 (院長) | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of Chi |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 院校 | yuàn xiào | college; academy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “courtyard”.
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.