Gardens and parks are often gated, which can be represented by the enclosure radical. Furthermore, people often go to parks to read or feed birds on a bench. 元 looks a lot like a bench.
I remember this character as an enclosed space where you can have fun, 口 symbolizes the enclosed space/park, while 元 is a part of 玩, which means to play or have fun.
A strategy to remember this character is that because it is enclosed with a box, it can represent an enclosed space which is in this case a garden or a yard. The inside can look like a tree, which you would find in a garden or a yard.
I remember this character because gardens are typically enclosed by a fence or some other structure, and additionally have a square or rectangular shape
I remember this character because gardens or yards are usually rectangles with a fence around it which looks like the radical used. The inside of the character can be remembered because the strokes look like a playground. A playground inside of a fenced yard is typical of a park.
My study method to remember this character is to imagine the inside of it as a tree, and the enclosure radical as the fence that would guard such tree or plant, hence completing the full picture of a yard or garden.
Ariana Fahl says
Gardens and parks are often gated, which can be represented by the enclosure radical. Furthermore, people often go to parks to read or feed birds on a bench. 元 looks a lot like a bench.
Elise Tucker says
I remember this character as an enclosed space where you can have fun, 口 symbolizes the enclosed space/park, while 元 is a part of 玩, which means to play or have fun.
Sherab Ghale says
The enclosed radical reminds me of enclosed garden space.
Brooklin Dozier says
I remember this character by noticing the enclosed radical and how it surrounds the ”元“, similar to the way in which a fence encloses a garden.
Nicole Cheah says
How I memorize this character: enclosure radical looks like a fence (one that typically surrounds a garden / yard).
Ruby Rich says
It looks like a picnic table enclosed in a park,
Nawaf Alotaishan says
Looks like the top down view of a walled garden with strokes looking like lanes of grape vines
Kat Flanigen says
A strategy to remember this character is that because it is enclosed with a box, it can represent an enclosed space which is in this case a garden or a yard. The inside can look like a tree, which you would find in a garden or a yard.
Peyton Elise Playle says
I remember this character because gardens are typically enclosed by a fence or some other structure, and additionally have a square or rectangular shape
Elise Danielle Truchan says
I remember this character because gardens or yards are usually rectangles with a fence around it which looks like the radical used. The inside of the character can be remembered because the strokes look like a playground. A playground inside of a fenced yard is typical of a park.
Sally Park says
The character looks like an enclosed maze, where there would be a garden, which also helps me remember that 公园 means park.
Ariana Alvarez says
My study method to remember this character is to imagine the inside of it as a tree, and the enclosure radical as the fence that would guard such tree or plant, hence completing the full picture of a yard or garden.