园林
yuán lín · HSK 5
garden
🌳🏞️ 园 = garden/yard + 林 = forest/grove
园林 stacks 园 (enclosed garden) with 林 (two 木 trees = grove), giving 'garden-grove' — the classical Chinese landscape garden. Think of it as the formal term for designed green spaces, parks, and scenic gardens.
园 — enclosure 囗 + 元 (yuán, phonetic)
园 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The outer 囗 (enclosure) shows a walled or fenced-off area, while 元 inside gives the sound 'yuán'. It originally meant a fenced garden or orchard, and still means garden, park, or cultivated grounds today.