Memory phrase for the character: 寺

寺

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Meaning Buddhist temple, monastery

Pronunciation

sì

Explanation

Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.

Radicals

寸 skillful handImage 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".
寺 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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