courtyard; yard (院子, 庭院); institution; public place (医院, 法院, 戏院)
院 is a courtyard — and the big institutions named after them, like hospitals.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声; the LEFT ear is 阜 (the mound/step-hill side), not the place-ear 邑, and 完 is the sound side.
WHOLE CHARACTER
courtyard; yard (院子, 庭院); institution; public place (医院, 法院, 戏院)
院 is a courtyard — and the big institutions named after them, like hospitals.
ZDIC: 形声; the LEFT ear is 阜 (the mound/step-hill side), not the place-ear 邑, and 完 is the sound side.
MEANING (THE LEFT EAR 阜, THE MOUND/STEP-HILL SIDE)
mound/step-hill (阜, the LEFT ear); city/place (邑, the RIGHT ear)
A bound radical form with two shapes: the left ear from 阜 (as in 院), the right ear from 邑 (as in 那, 部). Not a standalone page.
In 院: meaning (the left ear 阜, the mound/step-hill side) The left ear form belongs to 阜; the right-ear form is the place ear 邑.
SOUND
to finish; whole
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its sound role in 院.
In 院: sound Sound side per ZDIC: wán (tone 2, final uan) and yuàn (tone 4, final üan) differ in tone and final; the w-/y- spellings mark zero-initial syllables.
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