Word Meaning 寺号

じごう jigou

寺号 is read as じごう (jigou) and means temple's name.

Meaning

English

temple's name

Reading

Kana

じごう

Romaji

jigou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 105786 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寺院

じいん

Buddhist temple

寺

てら

temple (Buddhist)

寺子屋

てらこや

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

寺社

じしゃ

temples and shrines

寺内町

じないまち

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

寺中

じちゅう

sub-temple

寺内

じない

inside a temple

寺入り

てらいり

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

寺子

てらこ

child who attended a temple school

寺務所

じむしょ

office of a temple

寺男

てらおとこ

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

寺務

じむ

temple affairs