# 園 — garden; park

園 means “garden; park”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: エン (en). Kun'yomi: その (sono). You'll see it in words such as 園 (sono, “garden; orchard”).

- Meaning: garden; park
- On'yomi: エン (en)
- Kun'yomi: その (sono)
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 2

## How to remember 園

An enclosure (囗) with a long robe (袁) walking through it: a garden.

Parts: 囗 enclosure · 袁 long robe

## Words with 園

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 園 | その (sono) | garden; orchard |

## Don't confuse it with

[遠](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/far/) · [猿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/monkey/)

## More in the “Land & places 2” set

[岡](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/hill/) · [阪](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/osaka/) · [谷](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/valley/) · [崎](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/cape/) · [園](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/garden/) · [岩](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rock/) · [奈](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/nara/) · [坂](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/slope/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/garden/. Last updated 2026-11-01.