U+5BFA "寺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
寺
U+5BFA "寺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to a temple, monastery, or government office, with its origins tracing back to ancient administrative and religious institutions. In modern usage, it is commonly found in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, often appearing in compound words like "寺院" (temple) or "寺社" (shrine and temple). The character is composed of the radical "寸" (inch) over a variant of "土" (earth), symbolizing a place of regulated or sacred ground, and it carries a cultural significance tied to Buddhist and architectural heritage across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5BFA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 寺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 寺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAF 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5BFA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005BFA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5bfa |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A678 |
| kCCCII | 213B3B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4779 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4779 |
| kCangjie | GDI |
| kCantonese | zi6 |
| kCihaiT | 432.302 |
| kCowles | 4677 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0581.080 |
| kDefinition | court, office; temple, monastery |
| kEACC | 213B3B |
| kFanqie | 祥吏 |
| kFenn | 46E |
| kFennIndex | 482.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4034.1 |
| kGB0 | 4334 |
| kGB1 | 4334 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0961m |
| kHangul | 사:0E |
| kHanYu | 10503.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10503.110:sì,shì |
| kHKGlyph | 1045 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0581.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10503.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0293.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4B42 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A678 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B7B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0D6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E51 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4779 |
| kJapanese | ジ シ てら |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:355 |
| kJapaneseKun | TERA |
| kJapaneseOn | JI SHI |
| kJis0 | 2791 |
| kKangXi | 0293.330 |
| kKorean | SA SI |
| kLau | 1447 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1408 |
| kMandarin | sì |
| kMatthews | 5597 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3541 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010255 |
| kMorohashi | 07414 |
| kNelson | 1054 |
| kPhonetic | 135 149 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2249+32.3.3 C+2249+41.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 41.3 |
| kSBGY | 356.33 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 173.06 128.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sì粵zi6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1408 |
| kTang | *ziə̀ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 347.030:sì |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 254:057 |
| kXHC1983 | 1089.010:sì |