Chinese symbol for “halls”
殿宇
diàn yǔ
(literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for halls is 殿宇 (diàn yǔ), defined as: (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 殿宇.
| 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 |
| 宇宙 | yǔ zhòu | universe; cosmos; space |
| 宇航员 (宇航員) | yǔ háng yuán | astronaut |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.