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寺 = 土 + 寸

寺 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “court”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 寸 (inch). It appears as a component in 19 other characters in this index.

Keyword
court
Pinyin (Mandarin)
sì
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
court, office, офис, суд, office
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
寺 buddhist temple

Decomposition

ids

  1. 土 soil
  2. 寸 inch

Characters that contain 寺

How to find 寺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “inch”. 寺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 寺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.