等
JLPT HSK 2

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.

	特
JLPT HSK 3

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.

	持
JLPT HSK 4

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.

	诗
JLPT HSK 5

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.

	待
JLPT HSK 5

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.

	寺
JLPT HSK 6

sì
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Use earth and skillful hands to build a temple.

	侍
JLPT no HSK

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.

	峙
JLPT no HSK

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.

	恃
JLPT no HSK

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.

	痔
JLPT no HSK

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.