Memory phrase for the Kanji: 寺
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Meaning
| buddhist temple, monastery
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Pronunciation |
sì |
Explanation |
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.
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Radicals
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand". |
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寺
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temple | |
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Vocabulary
| 寺庙 |
sì miào |
temple; monastery; shrine |
| 寺院 |
sì yuàn |
cloister; temple; monastery |
| 大昭寺 |
Dà zhāo sì |
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 大昭寺 |
Dà zhāo sì |
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| 大昭寺 |
Dà zhāo sì |
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