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The character for garden or park historically derives from the traditional form "園", which integrates the radical "囗" representing an enclosed boundary with the component "袁" acting primarily as a phonetic indicator, together conveying the idea of a cultivated space set apart for growing plants or trees. Over time, its application extended to denote various types of designed enclosures, including pleasure gardens, orchards, and burial grounds, consistently emphasizing human stewardship within a defined perimeter. The simplified version "园" later altered this structure by substituting the internal "袁" with the phonetically similar but graphically simpler "元", thereby preserving the auditory clue while reducing visual complexity, yet the character's essential meaning of a curated and bounded area has remained stable throughout its linguistic journey.
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公园里有一个长椅。
这个花园非常漂亮。
我的孩子在幼儿园上学。
校园的清晨十分安静。
动物园里有很多动物。
这座园林的设计很独特。
我们参观了著名的颐和园。
那个有机农场更像一个生态园。