# 院 — Institution

Frequency rank 381 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 器 (Container), less common than 夜 (Night).

- On’yomi: いん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 阜 Mound (Kangxi 170)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 9

A building (阝) stands tall beside a person in a suit (完) — the suited official walks into the grand institution.

In words:

- 病院 びょういん — hospital
- 入院 にゅういん・する — to hospitalise
- 退院 たいいん・する — to leave hospital

[Study 院](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E9%99%A2)

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