廟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 祖先や個人の霊を祀る建物。
  2. 寺院など宗教に関連する建造物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mausoleum, shrine, palace

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビョウ
  • ミョウ
Kun (native)
  • たまや
  • みたまや
  • やしろ
Other languages
  • 拼音miao4
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtMiếu

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
廴(えんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5EDF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广朝

Words using this kanji

  • びょう祖先や個人の霊を祀る建物。 寺院など宗教に関連する建造物。mausoleum, shrine, the (imperial) court
  • 廟堂びょうどう御霊屋。霊廟。 天下を治める政治を行う場所。朝廷。mausoleum, imperial court
  • 廟号びょうごうtemple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty), name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)
  • 廟宇びょうう祖先や貴人を祀る場所。みたまや。宗廟。mausoleum, (Shinto) shrine
  • 廟議びょうぎ朝廷の評議。court council, privy council
  • 廟所びょうしょmausoleum, graveyard, cemetery

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-12
Four Corner
0022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q12.3
Heisig
2346
Nelson
1538