Word Meaning 祠堂

しどう shidou

祠堂 is read as しどう (shidou) and means small shrine.

Meaning

English

  1. small shrine
  2. lay ancestral hall
  3. hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners

Reading

Kana

しどう

Romaji

shidou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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講堂

こうどう

auditorium

食堂

しょくどう

restaurant

国会議事堂

こっかいぎじどう

parliament building

議事堂

ぎじどう

assembly hall

公会堂

こうかいどう

town hall

一堂

いちどう

one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)

会堂

かいどう

church

聖堂

せいどう

(Confucian) temple

本堂

ほんどう

main temple building

殿堂

でんどう

hall of fame

どう

company

経堂

きょうどう

sutra library