寺(sì)

HSK 66 strokes

Buddhist temple

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Character information

Pinyin
sì
Meaning
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 寺 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱土寸

An offering 土 in your hand 寸

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

土tǔ寸cùn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 寺 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 寺

Common words using 寺 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sì寺miào庙
HSK 7-9

temple; monastery; shrine

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shǎo少lín林sì寺
HSK 7-9

Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks

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qīng清zhēn真sì寺
HSK 7-9

mosque

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fó佛sì寺

Buddhist temple

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jiǒng冏sì寺

same as 太仆寺, Court of imperial stud, office originally ch…

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nán南pǔ普tuó陀sì寺

Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 厦门

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zhé哲bàng蚌sì寺

Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet

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tǎ塔ěr尔sì寺

Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai

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庙少林清真佛冏南

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