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寺
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Buddhist temple

HSK 6 N2
Objects →Buildings
sì
ジ
てら
사, 시
Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 之 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to hold", now written as 持. The current meaning "temple" is a phonetic loan.
Components
寸 Chinese inch+ 之 of =
寺 Buddhist temple
寸 Meaning component
cùn Chinese inch
inch
Depicts a hand.
之 Phonetic component
zhī of
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase
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Notes
Similar Characters
专 take (simp)付 pay冠 crown夺 take (simp)奪 take by force (trad/jp)守 guard对 right (simp)寽 handful封 seal尃 announce射 shoot将 commander (jp)將 commander (trad)專 specialty (trad)尉 officer尊 venerate尌 standing對 that's right (trad)得 must耐 withstand
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
寺 [sì]
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
Japanese
寺 てら 同音
noun temple (Buddhist)
寺 じ 同音
suffixcounter counter for temples
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
これが彼の泊っているお寺です。
This is the temple where he stays.
Japanese Names
寺 てら
Tera surname
寺 てらさき
Terasaki surname
寺 てらざき
Terazaki surname
寺 てらじ
Teraji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (62)
寺庙 [sì​miào] #13,381
temple
寺庙 [sì​miào] #13,381
temple
清真寺 [qīng​zhēn​sì] #12,122
mosque
寺院 [sì​yuàn] #16,882
cloister
少林寺 [Shào​lín​Sì] #35,997
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
佛寺 [Fó​sì] #53,255
Buddhist temple
大昭寺 [Dà​zhāo​sì] #40,202
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
塔尔寺 [Tǎ​'ěr​sì] #44,457
Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
塔尔寺 [Tǎ​'ěr​sì] #44,457
Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
白马寺 [Bái​mǎ​Sì] #47,044
the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
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JAPANESE WORDS (91)
⭐ 寺院 [じいん] #16,852
Buddhist temple
お寺 [おてら] #17,229
temple
⭐ 禅寺 [ぜんでら] #46,940
Zen temple
寺社 [じしゃ] #47,712
temples and shrines
神宮寺 [じんぐうじ] #50,622
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
寺子屋 [てらこや] #53,167
temple elementary school (Edo period)
⭐ 山寺 [やまでら] #53,970
mountain temple
寺内 [じない] #56,449
inside a temple
菩提寺 [ぼだいじ] #59,519
one's family temple
尼寺 [あまでら] #62,059
nunnery
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KOREAN WORDS (4)
산사 #4,766
mountain temple
사원
temple
사찰
Buddhist temple
해인사
Haeinsa Temple