苑

Yuan4
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surname Yuan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

苑 joins 艹 plants with 夗, which supplies the sound. It first meant an enclosed park where animals were kept. The meaning then widened to garden or park.

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苑yuàn
(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc

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