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The kanji 寺: meaning, readings and stroke order

寺

Meaning
temple
On reading
ジ ji
Kun reading
てら tera
Strokes
6
Radical
寸 thumb, inch
Level
Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Stroke order of 寺, 6 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
ngôi chùa (tự)
Japanese
てら。おてら。
Korean
절 (사)
Chinese
寺庙

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading · less common

てら tera · kun reading

Practise writing 寺 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 寺 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.