庙 — Chinese character
庙
miào
temple, shrine; imperial court
- Pinyin
- miào
- Radical
- 53 ⼴ (Dotted Cliff)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 广 由
- Formation
- ideographic — A building 广 containing an altar 由
- Traditional
- 廟
Common words with 庙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺庙 (寺廟) | sì miào | temple; monastery |
| 神庙 (神廟) | shén miào | temple |
| 庙宇 (廟宇) | miào yǔ | temple |
| 庙会 (廟會) | miào huì | temple fair |
| 宗庙 (宗廟) | zōng miào | temple; ancestral shrine |
| 庙号 (廟號) | miào hào | temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor |
| 庙堂 (廟堂) | miào táng | imperial ancestral temple; imperial court |
| 圣庙 (聖廟) | shèng miào | shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) |
| 祠庙 (祠廟) | cí miào | ancestral hall; temple to one's forebears |
| 喇嘛庙 (喇嘛廟) | lǎ ma miào | lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 庙祝 (廟祝) | miào zhù | acolyte in charge of incense in a temple |
| 廊庙 (廊廟) | láng miào | imperial court |
English words written with 庙
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.