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庭

庭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. にわ

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「广」+音符「廷」。「にわ」を意味する漢語｛庭｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

courtyard, garden, yard

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テイElem.
Kun (native)
  • にわElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ば
Other languages
  • 拼音ting2
  • 한글jeong
  • Hán-ViệtĐình
  • Hán-ViệtThính

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
廴(えんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5EAD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广廷

Words using this kanji

  • 庭にわにわ。家など建物の周囲又は内側にある露天の平らな土地。garden, yard, courtyard, field (of action)
  • 庭園ていえん樹木を植えたり、噴水や花壇、池、築山などがつくられた広い庭。garden, park
  • 庭木にわき「にわき」参照。garden tree
  • 庭球ていきゅうtennis
  • 庭先にわさきpart of the garden close to the house, nearby garden
  • 庭師にわしにわを作ったり、手入れをしたりすることを業とする人。gardener
  • 庭番にわばんgarden watchman, garden keeper, guard of the inner garden
  • 庭漆にわうるしtree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
  • 庭石にわいしgarden stone
  • 庭前ていぜんgarden
  • 庭訓ていきんhome education
  • 庭火にわびgarden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)
  • 庭景ていけい(beautiful) scenery of a garden, gardenscape
  • 庭梅にわうめChinese bushberry (Prunus japonica), bush cherry
  • 庭柳にわやなぎknotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
  • 庭土にわどgarden soil, soil used in a garden
  • 庭口にわぐちgarden entrance
  • 庭詰にわづめwaiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism)
  • 庭内ていない庭（園庭）の中。inside the garden
  • 庭藤にわふじChinese indigo (Indigofera decora), summer wisteria

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-7
Four Corner
0024.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q6.3
Heisig
634
Nelson
1514