Memory phrase for the character: 寺

寺

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Meaning

temple

Pronunciation

 JI
tera

Explanation

 Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
Made from earth, and skillful hands built the temple.

Radicals

寺 Temple
土 earthground, soil
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".
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 Vocabulary

寺 てら  temple
金閣寺 きんかくじ  Kinkakuji (famous temple in Kyoto)
寺院 じいん  temple

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