廟

See also: 庙

Translingual

Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿸广朝)

Derived characters

• 𫗻(𬳙)

Related characters

• 庙 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
• Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5EDF

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Chinese

trad.		廟
simp.		庙
alternative forms		庿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	*ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrews) : semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 廟

1. (architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)

Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

Synonyms

• 宮／宫 (gōng)
• 寺 (sì)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

廟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• On: びょう (byō)
• Kun: たまや (tamaya, 廟); みたまや (mitamaya, 廟); やしろ (yashiro, 廟)

Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō) 

1. mausoleum
2. shrine
3. palace

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Korean

Hanja

廟 • (myo) (hangeul 묘)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 廟 (miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu)

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