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金山寺 (jīn shān sì): meaning and stroke order

金山寺 (jīn shān sì) means Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake).

金山寺

Simplified
金山寺
Traditional
金山寺 (same form)
Pinyin
jīn shān sì

Stroke order of 金山寺

金

  • Jīn surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean)
  • jīn gold; chemical element Au
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

山

  • Shān surname Shan
  • shān mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

寺

  • sì Buddhist temple; mosque
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 金山寺

  1. jīn shān sì
    • Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)

Radicals of the characters

金
Radical 金 (Kangxi radical 167) · 8 strokes
山
Radical 山 (Kangxi radical 46) · 3 strokes · built from 凵 and 丨
寺
Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 6 strokes · 土 on top, 寸 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

金山寺 in our stories

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  • 可是,金山寺的和尚法海一眼就看出白素贞是蛇妖。他认为人和妖非分开不可,就去找许仙,告诉他妻子的真实身份。

    kěshì Jīnshān Sì de héshang Fǎhǎi yìyǎn jiù kàn chū Bái Sùzhēn shì shéyāo tā rènwéi rén hé yāo fēi fēnkāi bùkě jiù qù zhǎo Xǔ Xiān gàosu tā qīzi de zhēnshí shēnfèn

    But Fahai, a monk of Jinshan Temple, saw at a glance that Bai Suzhen was a snake spirit. Believing that humans and spirits simply had to be kept apart, he went to Xu Xian and told him his wife's true identity.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 金山寺

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).