KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 寺

, てら
Buddhist temple
This kanji has 6 strokes: 3 strokes in the "earth" radical (つち) and 3 other strokes
Sample Compounds (50):
1.

こくぶんじ

(Nara Era) state-supported provincial temples
2.

やまでら

mountain temple
3.

ぜんでら

Zen temple
4.

てら

temple
5.

じいん

temple
6.

にゅうじ

joining a temple order and becoming the head priest
7.

てらせん

banker''s cut or fee charged in a gambling saloon
8.

えんきりでら

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
9.

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto
10.

てらおとこ

temple employee
11.

かいきょうじいん

mosque
12.

ぶっこうじは

Bukkouji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
13.

じちゅう

in a temple, inside temple grounds, sub-temple
14.

かんじ

state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
15.

ぶつじ

Buddhist temple
16.

じない

inside a temple
17.

かけこみでら

(women''s) refuge
18.

ぼだいじ

one''s family temple
19.

てらいり

to enrol in a temple school, child enrolled in a temple school, incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods), to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)
20.

かけこみでら

(women''s) refuge
21.

ほんがんじは

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
22.

てらあずけ

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
23.

こじ

old temple
24.

まつじ

branch temple
25.

しちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
26.

ふるでら

old temple
27.

わきでら

sub-temple, affiliated temple
28.

しゃじ

shrines and temples
29.

こしゃじ

old shrines and temples
30.

しょうりんじけんぽう

Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
31.

きよみずでら

temple in Kyoto
32.

じょうしょうじは

Joushouji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
33.

うじでら

shrine built to a guardian deity
34.

そうじ

Buddhist priest, temple with a resident priest
35.

じいき

temple grounds
36.

だいかくじとう

imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
37.

だいじいん

large temple
38.

じかく

status of a Buddhist temple
39.

だんなでら

temple to which a family belongs
40.

じごう

temple''s name
41.

ちゅうぜんじこ

Lake Chuzenji
42.

てらまいり

ritual visits to a temple
43.

ちょくがんじ

temple built at the order of the emperor
44.

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
45.
にあり
てきはほんのうじにあり

expression meaning one''s real enemy is elsewhere
46.

じしゃ

temples and shrines
47.

なんとしちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
48.

じしゃぶぎょう

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
49.

あまでら

nunnery, convent
50.

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

Kuten Code: 2791
EUC Code: bbfb
Shift-JIS Code: 8ef9
JIS Code: 3b7b
Unicode: 5bfa
Radical Index: 32
Classic Index: 41
Frequency Rank: 879
Jouyou Grade: 2
DeRoo Code: 1448
Four Corner code: 4034.1
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2164
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1054
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1373
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 500
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 149
"Kanji in Context" Index: 328
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1367
"Essential Kanji" Index: 45
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 228
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 125
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 3b3.5
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 41
Morohashi Index: 7414
Morohashi Volume.Page: 4.4
Gakken Index: 133
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 687
"Japanese Names" Index: 158
Korean Readings: sa, si
Pinyin: si4

Radical Index : : 寺

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