寺
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Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 寺
- Common rank
- #1,555
- Unicode
- U+5BFA
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Formation & memory
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Words with 寺
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金山寺 | Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) | |
| 白马寺 | the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China | |
| 大理寺 | Imperial Court of Judicial Review | |
| 色拉寺 | Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet | |
| 龙安寺 | Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden | |
| 清水寺 | Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan | |
| 塔尔寺 | Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai | |
| 白塔寺 | Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1] | |
| 大寺院 | abbey; large monastery | |
| 跑了和尚，跑不了寺 | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, b… | |
| 塔公寺 | Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous pr… | |
| 海印寺 | Haein Temple in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea, the repository of Tripitaka Kore… | |
| 法源寺 | Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing | |
| 红寺堡区 | Hongsibu, a district of Wuzhong City 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 Shi4], Ningxia | |
| 清真寺 | mosque | |
| 灵雀寺 | Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu… | |
| 少林寺 | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | |
| 法隆寺 | Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period … | |
| 唐招提寺 | Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or… | |
| 夹山寺 | Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chan… |
Sound family
These characters use 寺 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺 sound part | court, office; temple, monastery | |
| 特 | special, unique, distinguished | |
| 持 | to hold, to support, to sustain | |
| 诗 | poetry; poem, verse, ode | |
| 侍 | to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai | |
| 恃 | to trust, to rely on; to presume | |
| 峙 | to pile, to stack; to stand tall | |
| 痔 | piles, hemorrhoids |