• 病びょう院いん — hospital
• 大だい学がく院いん — graduate school
• 議ぎ院いん — parliament, house
• 寺じ院いん — Buddhist temple
• 入にゅう院いん — hospitalization

院 combines the radical 阝 (こざとへん), meaning "mound" or "place," with the phonetic 𠂤 (a variant of 完 or 宛). It originally referred to large buildings or compounds surrounded by walls — such as temples, government halls, or academies. Over time, it came to represent any large institution such as a hospital, school, or public facility.

病びょう院いんに行いきます。
I’m going to the hospital.

入にゅう院いんが決きまりました。
I’ve been scheduled for hospitalization.

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