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Kanji Detail for 廟 - "shrine, temple, mausoleum"

廟

  • Meaning

    廟 means "shrine, temple, mausoleum."

    1. Shrine - A building for ancestral spirits.

    2. Temple - A place of worship.

    3. Mausoleum - A memorial building for the deceased.

  • Tattoo check: 廟

    • Verified meaning: shrine, temple, mausoleum
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mausoleum; shrine; palace

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    temple, shrine; imperial court

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    temple, shrine; imperial court

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An ancestral temple. All places for worshipping deities are called 廟. Such as today's temples.

  • Onyomi

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    byoh(ビョウ) ビョウ

    myoh(ミョウ) ミョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    mitamaya(みたまや) みたまや

    tamaya(たまや) たまや

    yashiro(やしろ) やしろ

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    shrine temple mausoleum palace ancestral building deceased holy memorial monument pagoda sanctuary sepulcher spirits structure tomb worship

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