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Zi:院

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院 [yuàn] courtyard, compound (​庭院, 院​子); ​学院 college; ​医院 hospital; ​法院 court; (HDZ:) … [huán] cf. ​寏

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 院 yuàn ‘solid’ combines ​阝(​阜 fù) ‘hill’, and ​完 wán ‘intact’ (phonosemantic); formerly also ​寏 yuàn/huán ‘enclosing wall of a house; yard’.
    Note: SW includes 院 as a var. of ​𡨡/​寏 huán, in addition to its main entry 院 yuàn; modern 院 yuàn ‘courtyard’ was app. formerly wr. 院 huán ‘courtyard’.
    Compare: ​苑 yuàn ‘game preserve, sport/diversion park’; ​垣 yuán ‘wall’; ​园/​園 yuán ‘(fenced/walled) orchard/garden/park’.
    HDZ: 院 : yuàn : ​完: ​坚​固; ​寏 (huán): 院​墙, ​围​墙 (cf. ​垣); ​有​墙​垣​围​绕​的​宫​室、​房​屋 (​四​合院, ​大​杂院); ​房​屋​围​墙​内​的​空​地; ​官​署​名​称 (​枢​密院, ​都​察院; ​国​务院); ​僧、​道​者​居​住​的​地​方
►references: Karlgren:GSR257u; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4133.8; Mathews:7712; Guǎngyùn:124.08,409.46; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1352.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:137.1.05; EDOC:1
►components: ​阝​完​
►Cantonese: yun/
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