院
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courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
Inst. · Heisig RSH #1065
pinnacle + 完 finish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 院
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学院 | college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3] | |
| 电影院 | cinema; movie theater; CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] | |
| 医院 | hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4] | |
| 地区法院 | regional court | |
| 中国科学院 | Chinese Academy of Science | |
| 上海音乐学院 | Shanghai Conservatory of Music | |
| 海事法院 | maritime court | |
| 加州理工学院 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech); abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院 | |
| 人民法院 | people's court (of law); people's tribunal | |
| 地方法院 | county court; district court | |
| 明德学院 | Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont | |
| 法学院 | law school | |
| 加利福尼亚理工学院 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | |
| 管理学院 | school of management | |
| 工学院 | school of engineering; college of engineering | |
| 外交学院 | China Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing | |
| 老人院 | nursing home; old people's home | |
| 中国社会科学院 | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) | |
| 神学院 | seminary | |
| 学会院士 | academician; fellow of academy |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 完 — compare how they read.