寺 – Buddhist temple

6 strokesTaught in grade 2#879 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 寺 means Buddhist temple. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is てら (tera). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	てら	tera

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: 寸・土.

Words using 寺

寺てらtemple (Buddhist)寺院じいんBuddhist temple寺じcounter for temples

Example sentences

これが彼の泊っているお寺です。

This is the temple where he stays.

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この寺院は７８０年に建てられた。

This temple dates back to 780.

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Kanji with the same radical

対導専将射封尊寿尋寸

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.