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The Radical: 寺
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Hanzi-Trainer
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temple 寺
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Explanation |
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Used in these Kanji:
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等
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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class, rank, grade, equal to
děng Top: bamboo 竹, below: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Put the bamboo 竹 (= the sprouts) into the earth 土 and (take care of them) with a skillful hand 寸, and (the growth) will be in the same way/class.
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竹
寺
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特
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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special, unique, distinguished, unusual
tè Left: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is sth: special.
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牛
寺
寸
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持
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to hold, to grasp, to support, to maintain
chí From left: radical for hand 扌, temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Having a hand at the temple gives you a hold.
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扌
寺
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诗
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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poem, poetry, verse
shī Left: word 讠/言, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸.)
The words at the temple are the poems.
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讠
寺
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待
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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stay, to wait, delay, to treat, going to (do sth)
dāi, dài Left: go 彳, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Go to the temple and stay and wait there.
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彳
寺
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寺
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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buddhist temple, monastery
sì Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.
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寸
寺
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侍
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JLPT no HSK |
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to serve, to attend upon
shì Left: person 亻/人, right: temple 寺 (Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person is in the temple as a: servant.
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亻
寺
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峙
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JLPT no HSK |
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peak, to stand erect, to pile up, to store, to stand up
zhì Left: mountain 山, right: temple 寺 (= made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The mountain has a temple on its peak.
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山
寺
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恃
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JLPT no HSK |
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to rely on, mother (formal)
shì Left: feelings 忄, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
I have the feeling, that a temple can be relied on.
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忄
寺
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痔
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JLPT no HSK |
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hemorrhoid, piles
zhì Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(caused by long sitting on cold stones?) The disease from the temple are the: hemorrhoids.
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疒
寺
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