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寺 = 寸 + 土

寺 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “buddhist temple”. It is built from 寸 (measurement) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 170. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

buddhist temple

RTK frame

170

Strokes

6

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ジ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

てら

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

буддийский храм, temple

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

寺 court

Decomposition

Characters that contain 寺

• 時 time
• 特 special
• 詩 poem
• 持 hold
• 待 wait
• 等 etc.
• 侍 waiter
• 痔 hemorrhoids

How to find 寺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “measurement” + “soil”. 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.