# 寺 temple

寸 (glueglue) + 土 (earth)
★★☆☆☆
6 strokes
SOLO STRONG

## Onyomi

JI | as in, "JESUS threw the money lenders out of the temple."

## Mnemonic

| The Buddhist temple is glued to the earth to stop Christian missionaries from dragging it to the river and baptizing it.

## Kunyomi

( お ) てら | Buddhist temple ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

XXX 寺(じ) | temple suffix ★★☆☆☆ SUF SUFFIX meaning, "temple of xxx." BOOBOO : Most Buddhist temples have the 寺 kanji at the end of their name, and in that case it is pronounced "JI". But if you are talking in general about temples, you say "tera". got it?

## Used In

- 等
- 詩
- 時
- 侍
- 特
- 待
- 持
- 得