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寺

sì

court, office; temple, monastery

💡 Ideographic: An offering 土 in your hand 寸
HSK 6 6 strokes Common (19%)
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Component Breakdown

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土
tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
寸
cùn
inch; small, tiny
⿱土寸 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

tǔ
土
soil, earth; items made of earth
📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
3 strokes HSK 5
cùn
寸
inch; small, tiny
💡 Ideographic: A hand with a dot indicating where the pulse can be felt, about an inch up the wrist
3 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 寺 (45)

sìmiào
寺庙 ↗
HSK 6
temple / monastery / shrine
sì
寺 ↗
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
sìyuàn
寺院 ↗
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:[[座<zuò>]]
ShàolínSì
少林寺 ↗
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
Fósì
佛寺 ↗
Buddhist temple
Nánpǔtuósì
南普陀寺 ↗
Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen [[廈門|厦门<Xiàmén>]]
Tángzhāotísì
唐招提寺 ↗
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin [[鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚]] and his last resting place
Tàipúsì
太仆寺 ↗
Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding / Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league [[錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟<Xīlínguōlèméng>]], Inner Mongolia
Tàipúsìqīng
太仆寺卿 ↗
Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
Jiāshānsì
夹山寺 ↗
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen [[石门]], Changde [[常德]], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng [[李自成]]
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