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The Japanese Radical: 寺
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Temple 寺
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Used in these Kanji:
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寺
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| temple
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Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Made from earth and skillful hands build a temple. |
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時
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| time, hour
toki, JI
日
寺
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Left: day 日, right: temple 寺 (... made from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
A day in the temple passes like just one hour. |
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詩
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| poetry
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: temple 寺 (from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The words at the temple are poems. |
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持
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| to have, hold, own
motsu, JI
扌
寺
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Left: Hand 扌, right: temple 寺 (... from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
With a (guiding) hand, the temple gives you a hold. |
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待
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| wait
matsu, TAI
彳
寺
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Left: go 彳, right: temple 寺 (from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Go to the temple and wait. |
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等
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| equal, grade, class, etcetera
hitoshii, nado, TŌ
竹
寺
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: temple 寺 (.. from 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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特
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| special
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Left: cow 牛, right: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Typically smaller animals like sheep or chicken were sacrificed. Thus:) A cow at the temple is special. |
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侍
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| servant, Samurai, man in attendance, waiter
samurai, haberu, JI
亻
寺
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Left: person 人, right: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person in the temple is a servant or samurai. |
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