← Back

廟

mausoleum
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingビョウ、ミョウ
Kun readingたまや、みたまや、やしろ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mausoleum
  2. shrine
  3. palace
  4. tomb sanctuaryRtK
  1. (temporary) resting place of a corpse

Radicals and components

Radical广dotted cliff
Components
How it's built
廟
  • →
    • →
  • →
      • →
      • →
        • →
        • →
    • →

Compound words

古廟こびょう
old shrine
御廟ごびょう
mausoleum
宗廟そうびょう
ancestral shrine (temple)
聖廟せいびょう
Confucian temple
祖廟そびょう
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
帝廟ていびょう
imperial mausoleum
廟号びょうごう
temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty)
廟堂びょうどう
mausoleum
霊廟れいびょう
mausoleum
媽祖廟まそびょう
Mazu temple
伊勢大廟いせたいびょう
the Grand Shrines of Ise

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 廟

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step