Word Meaning 勅願寺

ちょくがんじ chokuganji

勅願寺 is read as ちょくがんじ (chokuganji) and means temple built at the order of the emperor.

Meaning

English

temple built at the order of the emperor

Reading

Kana

ちょくがんじ

Romaji

chokuganji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136066 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

勅願

ちょくがん

imperial prayer

本願寺派

ほんがんじは

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

万願寺唐辛子

まんがんじとうがらし

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

勅

ちょく

imperial decree

勅任官

ちょくにんかん

imperial appointee

勅使門

ちょくしもん

imperial envoy gate

禅寺

ぜんでら

Zen temple

氏寺

うじでら

shrine built to a guardian deity

金閣寺

きんかくじ

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima)

宮寺

みやでら

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

神宮寺

じんぐうじ

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

監寺

かんず

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest

Example Sentences

勅願寺を建立する。

ちょくがんじをこんりゅうする

build a temple by imperial order.