廟
mausoleum, shrine, palace
Readings
On'yomi
- ビョウ
- ミョウ
Kun'yomi
- たまや
- みたまや
- やしろ
Meaning
廟 centers on a grand, sacred building: a mausoleum for ancestors, a shrine for worship, or a palace-like hall. All meanings share the idea of an important, often religious, structure.
Most common words using 廟
- 廟びょう
mausoleum
- 霊廟れいびょう
mausoleum
- 宗廟そうびょう
ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
- 伊勢大廟いせたいびょう
the Grand Shrines of Ise
- 古廟こびょう
old shrine
- 媽祖廟まそびょう
Mazu temple
- 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
- 廟宇びょうう
mausoleum
- 廟議びょうぎ
court council; privy council
- 御廟ごびょう
mausoleum
- 祖廟そびょう
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
- 聖廟せいびょう
Confucian temple
Study
Etymology
廟 combines 广 (building with a roof) and 朝, which likely contributes the sound and possibly the idea of facing or morning audience, suggesting a hall where one faces ancestors or deities.
Meaning mnemonic
Under a roof (广), imagine a morning (朝) ceremony at a grand shrine or mausoleum. The building is a sacred palace for honoring the past.
Reading mnemonic
For ビョウ, picture a sick person (病, びょう) being brought to the shrine to pray for healing. The shared sound びょう links the mausoleum to the idea of illness and recovery.