漢字城 Kanji Fortress

院 institution

On'yomi
イン
Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
院 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Behind the village wall (⻖) stands a complete (完) set of buildings — a walled compound like a hospital or academy, an institution.

A common word

  • 病院 びょういん hospital

Example sentences

  • ともだちとびょういんへいきました。

    I went to the hospital with a friend.

  • あにはだいがくいんでべんきょうしています。

    My older brother is studying at graduate school.

Kanji that share a part

⻖ is its radical. 29 kanji share it in all.