The Chinese Radical: 寺


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Meaning
temple    寺

Explanation

Used in these characters:
等
JLPT HSK 2
to wait, class, rank, grade, equal to
děng
竹 寺
Top: bamboo ⺮/竹, below: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Put the bamboo 竹 (= the sprouts) into the earth 土 and (take care of them) with a skillful hand 寸, and (the growth) will be in the same way/class.  
特
JLPT HSK 3
special, unique, distinguished, unusual
tè
牛 寺 寸
Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep or chicken were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special.  
持
JLPT HSK 4
to hold, to grasp, to support, to maintain
chí
扌 寺
From left: radical for hand 扌, temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Having a hand at the temple gives you a hold.  
诗
JLPT HSK 5
poem, poetry, verse
shī
讠 寺
Left: word 讠/言, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸.)
The words at the temple are the poems.  
待
JLPT HSK 5
stay, to wait, delay, to treat, going to (do sth)
dāi, dài
彳 寺
Left: go 彳, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Go to the temple and stay and wait there.  
寺
JLPT HSK 6
Buddhist temple, monastery
sì
寸 寺
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.  
侍
JLPT no HSK
to serve, to attend upon
shì
亻 寺
Left: person 亻/人, right: temple 寺 (Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person in the temple is a: servant.  
峙
JLPT no HSK
peak, to stand erect, to pile up, to store, to stand up
zhì
山 寺
Left: mountain 山, right: temple 寺 (= made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Because of the proximity to the gods:) The mountain has the temple on its peak.  
恃
JLPT no HSK
to rely on, mother (formal)
shì
忄 寺
Left: feelings 忄, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
I have the feeling, that a temple can be relied on.  
痔
JLPT no HSK
hemorrhoid, piles
zhì
疒 寺
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Caused by long sitting on cold stones?) The disease from the temple are the: hemorrhoids.  

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