Onyomi: イン · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: Inst., institution, mansion, school, temple
Kanji for inst, institution, mansion, school, temple
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The kanji 院 combines the “building/roof” radical (阝) with a component for “member” or “person inside” (完 simplified), symbolizing a large institution or enclosed place. In ancient times, it represented a building for official or public use. 院 came to mean institution, academy, or hospital, capturing organized buildings for people and services.
A building with people inside — 院 means institution, academy, or hospital.
Imagine entering a large building like a hospital or school — that’s 院, the kanji for institution and organized place.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 院 | いん | house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) | Noun |
| 院政 | いんせい | cloistered rule, government by cloistered emperors | Noun |
| 院内 | いんない | inside the House, inside the Diet | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 院生 | いんせい | graduate student | Noun |
| 院長 | いんちょう | director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.), superintendent, rector | common Noun |
| 院議 | いんぎ | legislative decision | Noun |
| 院内感染 | いんないかんせん | hospital-acquired infection, healthcare-associated infection, HCAI, nosocomial infection | Noun |
| 院主 | いんじゅ | head of a temple | Noun |
| 院庁 | いんのちょう | office of a retired emperor | Noun |
| 院内総務 | いんないそうむ | floor leader, party whip | Noun |