幼儿园 (yòu ér yuán)
kindergarten; nursery school
Character breakdown
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幼 (yòu) · 5 strokes
Someone who is young has weak (幺) strength (力). 幺 also represents the sound.
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儿 (ér) · 2 strokes
Simplified form of 兒. Variant form of 人, a pictograph of a human.
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园 (Yuán) · 7 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 園.