Memory phrase for the Kanji: 寺


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Meaning buddhist temple, monastery

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: earth , bottom: skillful hand

Mnemonic


 
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.

Radicals

skillful handImage of a hand forearm and pulse . 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".
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  
 大昭寺  Dà zhāo sì  

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