寺

寺 — Buddhist temple

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 6
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #879 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じ ji
Kun'yomi: てら tera

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 寺

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