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寺

寺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. てら、仏教の僧尼が居住し、各種の宗教行為を行う施設及びその建築物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「又」+音符「之」。「もつ」「にぎる」を意味する漢語｛持｝を表す字。のち仮借して「官舎」「役所」を意味する漢語｛寺｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

Buddhist temple

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジElem.
Kun (native)
  • てらElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音si4
  • 한글sa
  • 한글si
  • Hán-ViệtTự

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
小(しょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5BFA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱土寸

Words using this kanji

  • 寺てら（てら）仏教の僧尼が居住し、各種の宗教行為を行う施設及びその建築物。temple (Buddhist)
  • 寺院じいん仏教などの祭祀を行う建物。Buddhist temple, religious building, church, cathedral
  • 寺子屋てらこや江戸時代、庶民の子弟に読み書き・そろばん等の初等教育を行った施設。temple elementary school (Edo period)
  • 寺社じしゃ寺院と神社。社寺。temples and shrines
  • 寺じ（てら）仏教の僧尼が居住し、各種の宗教行為を行う施設及びその建築物。counter for temples
  • 寺男てらおとこmale temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
  • 寺格じかく寺の格式。status of a Buddhist temple
  • 寺内じない寺の境内。 日本人の姓の一つ。inside a temple
  • 寺号じごう寺院の名称。temple's name
  • 寺域じいきtemple grounds
  • 寺中じちゅう寺の境内のこと。 塔頭（たっちゅう）のこと。 日本人の姓の一つ。in a temple, inside temple grounds, sub-temple
  • 寺請てらうけcertification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
  • 寺子てらこchild who attended a temple school (Edo period), temple elementary school (Edo period)
  • 寺領じりょう寺院が有する領地。temple's territory, temple's estate
  • 寺務じむ寺院の事務。temple affairs, temple administrator, person in charge of temple affairs
  • 寺刹じさつ寺。寺院。Buddhist temple
  • 寺参りてらまいりritual visits to a temple
  • 寺預けてらあずけincarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
  • 寺入りてらいりenrolling in a temple school, child enrolled in a temple school, incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods), going to a temple to repent
  • 寺務所じむしょoffice of a temple

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-3
Four Corner
4034.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b3.5
Heisig
170
Nelson
1054