寺
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,555 U+5BFA
How 寺 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An offering 土 in your hand 寸
How to remember it
Buddhist temple · Heisig RSH #169
land + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 寺 as their sound component
These characters all use 寺 (sì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺 sound component | sì | court, office; temple, monastery |
| 特 | tè | special, unique, distinguished |
| 持 | chí | to hold, to support, to sustain |
| 诗 | shī | poetry; poem, verse, ode |
| 侍 | shì | to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai |
| 恃 | shì | to trust, to rely on; to presume |
| 峙 | zhì | to pile, to stack; to stand tall |
| 痔 | zhì | piles, hemorrhoids |
Words containing 寺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金山寺 | jīn shān sì | Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) |
| 白马寺 | Bái mǎ Sì | the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China |
| 大理寺 | Dà lǐ sì | Imperial Court of Judicial Review |
| 色拉寺 | Sè lā sì | Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet |
| 龙安寺 | Lóng ān sì | Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden |
| 清水寺 | Qīng shuǐ sì | Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan |
| 塔尔寺 | Tǎ ěr sì | Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai |
| 白塔寺 | Bái tǎ sì | Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1] |
| 大寺院 | dà sì yuàn | abbey; large monastery |
| 跑了和尚，跑不了寺 | pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, b… |
| 塔公寺 | Tǎ gōng sì | Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous pr… |
| 海印寺 | Hǎi yìn sì | Haein Temple in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea, the repository of Tripitaka Kore… |
| 法源寺 | Fǎ yuán sì | Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing |
| 红寺堡区 | Hóng sì bǔ Qū | Hongsibu, a district of Wuzhong City 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 Shi4], Ningxia |
| 清真寺 | qīng zhēn sì | mosque |
| 灵雀寺 | Líng qiǎo sì | Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu… |
| 少林寺 | Shào lín Sì | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks |
| 法隆寺 | Fǎ lōng sì | Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period … |
| 唐招提寺 | Táng zhāo tí sì | Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or… |
| 夹山寺 | Jiā shān sì | Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chan… |