Kanji 寺 — "Temple"
Here is what 寺 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Temple" stick.
How it is read
じ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
てら
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
This plot of Soil requires precise Measurement to build a Temple!
- 土 Soil
A cross is stuck into the ground, so this component means Soil.
- 寸 Measurement
A water drop on the X, Y axes that intersect. To know its position, you must use Measurement.
Words that use 寺
5 of 5 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 寺 てら Buddhist temple
- 寺院 じいん temple
- 東大寺 とうだいじ Todaiji Temple
- 金閣寺 きんかくじ Kinkakuji Temple
- ～寺 ～じ the name of temple
Want 寺 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
