殿 — Chinese character
殿
diàn
hall; palace; temple
- Pinyin
- diàn
- Radical
- 79 ⽎ (Weapon)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 尸 共 殳
- Japanese
- 殿 as a kanji
Common words with 殿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宫殿 (宮殿) | gōng diàn | palace; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 圣殿 (聖殿) | shèng diàn | temple |
| 殿下 | diàn xià | Your Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness |
| 大殿 | dà diàn | main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 殿堂 | diàn táng | palace; hall |
| 殿试 (殿試) | diàn shì | court examination, the top grade imperial exam |
| 神殿 | shén diàn | shrine |
| 正殿 | zhèng diàn | main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 大雄宝殿 (大雄寶殿) | dà xióng bǎo diàn | Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄 (dà xióng) |
| 殿后 (殿後) | diàn hòu | to bring up the rear |
| 殿宇 | diàn yǔ | (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple) |
| 宝殿 (寶殿) | bǎo diàn | king's palace; throne hall |
English words written with 殿
殿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.