garden, orchard, park
English · garden, orchard, park
garden, park, orchard
- 我们在公园里散步。Wǒmen zài gōngyuán lǐ sànbù.We are taking a walk in the public park.
- 妹妹在幼儿园上学。Mèimei zài yòu'éryuán shàngxué.My younger sister goes to kindergarten.
Topology: Full enclosure · Strokes: 7 strokes
Writing Balance Rule: Draw the outer enclosure box (囗) first, leaving the bottom open until filling the interior components, then seal the bottom baseline last.
Simplification Logic: The traditional form 園 contains 圎 inside, which was simplified to 元 in the modern character 园 to reduce stroke complexity while retaining the phonetic clue.
Radical 囗 · Enclosure Radical (boundary, wall, enclosure)
Semantic Clue (形旁): 囗 (denotes an enclosed piece of land or fenced area)
Phonetic Clue (声旁): 元 (original sound: yuan)
An enclosed boundary (囗) surrounding something valuable or primary (元), representing a cultivated plot of land or garden.
- 囗 Enclosure / boundary wall
- 元 Primary / element (provides the sound yuán)
Phonetic Family (形声字家族)
14· Phonetic Root: 元 (yuán)Origin: Originally depicted fruit trees planted inside a fenced enclosure (囗 representing the fence or walls of an orchard, combined with phonetic and semantic elements).
Semantic Evolution: Shifted from a literal royal fruit orchard or enclosed agricultural plot to any public park, botanical garden, or institutional campus.
- In ancient times, 園 specifically referred to imperial fruit orchards and gardens used for growing medicinal herbs and produce.
Inside a fenced **enclosure** (**囗**), the **primary** (**元**) attraction is a magnificent botanical garden full of blooming flowers.
gōng yuánForgetting to close the bottom stroke of the enclosure (囗) last, violating standard Chinese stroke order rules.
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