yuán
garden; an area of land for growing plants; a place for public recreation
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这个公园很漂亮，有许多花草树木。
Zhège gōngyuán hěn piàoliang, yǒu xǔduō huācǎo shùmù.
This park is very beautiful, with many flowers, plants and trees.
我们去游乐园玩吧。
Wǒmen qù yóulèyuán wán ba.
Let's go to the amusement park to play.
幼儿园的小朋友们正在做游戏。
Yòu'éryuán de xiǎopéngyoumen zhèngzài zuò yóuxì.
The children in the kindergarten are playing games.
花园 (huāyuán)
garden
园林 (yuánlín)
park
方 (fāng)
square
扁 (biǎn)
flat
The Chinese character 园 (yuán) for "garden" is a pictophonetic character, combining a semantic element and a phonetic element. The semantic element is the radical 囗 (wéi), which represents an enclosure or boundary. The phonetic element is the character 元 (yuán), which is pronounced similarly to 园.The original form of 园 was a pictograph depicting a walled garden. Over time, the character simplified and became more abstract, but it still retains its original meaning.The character 园 is used in a variety of words related to gardens, such as 花园 (huāyuán, "flower garden"), 果园 (guǒyuán, "fruit orchard"), and 公园 (gōngyuán, "park"). It can also be used in a more figurative sense, such as in the phrase 桃花源 (táohuāyuán, "utopia").The character 园 is a common character in Chinese, and it is important for HSK learners to be familiar with its meaning and pronunciation.
