Kanji1 / 10
院 kanji
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
イン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 院
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —上院Popularupper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
- —院内Popularinside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
- —棋院Populargo institution; go club; go hall
- —孤児院Popularorphanage
- —修道院Popularmonastery; convent; cloister; abbey
- —人事院PopularNational Personnel Authority
- —美容院Popularbeauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
- —養老院Popularhome for the aged; old people's home
- —芸術院Popularacademy of arts; arts academy
- —大学院生Populargraduate student; postgraduate student
- —会計検査院PopularBoard of Audit
- —議院運営委員会PopularCommittee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management
- —院house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; government office; sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister; imperial palace; title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.; former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late
- —院外outside congress; non-parliamentary; non-hospital (e.g. dispensary, pharmacy, treatment); outside a hospital
- —院号former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"
- —院政cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
- —院生graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
- —院宣imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor
- —院本drama; playbook
- —開院opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of (a session of) the Imperial Diet