寺 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「寸」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「寸」
- On
- ジ
- Kun
- てら
- Meaning
- temple
Origin
土 (land) + 寸 (hand, rule) — first an office managing land, later a temple.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ジ | 寺院・社寺・末寺 |
|---|---|
| てら | 寺・尼寺 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 寺院じいん
temple
- 山寺やまでら
mountain temple
Example
古い お寺へ 行きます。
I go to an old temple.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)