寺 — Chinese character
寺
sì
court, office; temple, monastery
- Pinyin
- sì
- Radical
- 41 ⼨ (Inch)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 土 寸
- Formation
- ideographic — An offering 土 in your hand 寸
- Japanese
- 寺 as a kanji
Common words with 寺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺庙 (寺廟) | sì miào | temple; monastery |
| 清真寺 | qīng zhēn sì | mosque |
| 寺院 | sì yuàn | cloister; temple |
| 金山寺 | jīn shān sì | Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) |
| 阉寺 (閹寺) | yān sì | (literary) court eunuch |
| 大寺院 | dà sì yuàn | abbey; large monastery |
| 鸿胪寺 (鴻臚寺) | hóng lú sì | (archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol |
English words written with 寺
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.