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院 — courtyard; institution

Pinyin
yuàn
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 院: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

院 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 院 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theaterHSK 1
  2. 医院yīyuànhospitalHSK 1
  3. 出院chūyuànto leave hospital; to be discharged from hospitalHSK 3
  4. 住院zhùyuànto stay in hospital; to be hospitalizedHSK 3
  5. 剧院jùyuàntheaterHSK 4
  6. 学院xuéyuàncollege; educational institute; school; facultyHSK 4
  7. 院长yuànzhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of ChinaHSK 4
  8. 院子yuànzicourtyard; garden; yard; patio; servantHSK 4
  9. 法院fǎyuàncourt of law; courtHSK 5
  10. 养老院yǎnglǎoyuànnursing homeHSK 6
  11. 国务院guówùyuànState Council; State DepartmentHSK 7–9
  12. 院士yuànshìmember of a national academyHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.