Taxonomy of meanings for 園:　　

  • 園 yuán (OC: ɢʷan MC: ɦʷiɐn) 雨元切 平 廣韻：【園圃亦姓 】
    • GARDEN
      • nSHI: garden (with a fence) is for fruit and vegetables, normally used by ordinary citizens; grove
      • nadSin the gardenDS
      • GARDEN
        • nSHI: garden (with a fence) is for fruit and vegetables, normally used by ordinary citizens; grove
        • nadSin the gardenDS

    Additional information about 園

    說文解字: 【園】，所以樹果也。从囗、袁聲。 【羽元切】

      Criteria
    • GARDEN

      1. The general term for a garden is yuán 園, and such gardens are primarily for fruit and vegetables, and they are walled for protection against theft, and often include artificial lakes.

      2. Pǔ 圃 refers to a garden tended by a gardener, the art of gardening being written with the same character (see AGRICULTURE).

      3. Yòu 囿 refers to a large garden or park used by the aristocracy for hunting and for pleasure rides to view animals reared.

      4. Yuàn 苑 is a large-scale park for the general delectation of rulers, typically of the same type as the smaller 囿.

      See ZHU ZUGENG 1.93, note 3.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: (GARDEN)池/POND The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces.