Kanji N3

庭: courtyard, garden, yard

庭 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning courtyard, garden, yard, written with 10 strokes. It is read テイ (on) and にわ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 家庭 (かてい, home) and 庭 (にわ, garden).

庭

Meanings

  • courtyard
  • garden
  • yard
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#816 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • にわ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 庭

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 家庭かてい

    home; household; family; hearth

    JLPT N5
  • 庭にわ

    garden; yard; courtyard

    JLPT N5
  • 校庭こうてい

    schoolyard; school playground; school grounds

    JLPT N2
  • 庭園ていえん

    garden; park

  • 中庭なかにわ

    courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

  • 庭木にわき

    garden tree

  • 家庭内かていない

    within the family; in the home; domestic

  • 家庭科かていか

    home economics

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.