Meaning of 院(いん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level

院

Kana Reading

いん

Romaji

in

Word Senses

• Parts of speech

  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  Meaning

  imperial palace

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.)

• Parts of speech

  suffix

  Meaning

  temple

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  institution (esp. a government office, school, hospital, etc.)

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  suffix used in posthumous names (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.)

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Related Kanji

院 JLPT 4

10 strokes

Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi:

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