<p>Things that contain「寺」may be written with「士」in the Taiwanese standard, while other regions (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan) use「土」.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WikqK.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WikqK.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The decomposition listed on that page is based on the Taiwanese standard, but the handwriting animation is based on the Mainland Chinese standard. If you're not learning Chinese from specifically Taiwan, write it with「土」.</p>

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  <p>I can't locate the exact source, but the general idea was that Taiwan changed it to「士」(<strong>shì</strong>) to give a phonetic hint to「寺」(<strong>sì</strong>).</p>
  
  <p>For reference, the original structure of「寺」(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengzhang_Shangfang" rel="noreferrer"><em>Zhengzhang</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese" rel="noreferrer">Old Chinese</a> reconstruction: <strong>/*ljɯs/</strong>) was from semantic「又」(<em>hand</em>) and phonetic「之/㞢/」(<strong>/*tjɯ/</strong>). The word represented by this character is now written as「持」(<em>to support</em>, emphasised through the addition of another hand「扌」).</p>
  
  <h1><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Zhou" rel="noreferrer">西周</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_inscription" rel="noreferrer">金</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ncvWF.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ncvWF.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>伯寺簋<br><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.com/yzjwjc/?bh=4007&amp;jgwfl=" rel="noreferrer">集成4007</a></kbd><kbd><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_seal_script" rel="noreferrer">篆</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4UEdx.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4UEdx.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi" rel="noreferrer">說文解字</a><br>　</kbd><kbd>現代<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script" rel="noreferrer">楷</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xyPRa.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xyPRa.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><br>　</kbd></h1>
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<p>Why does <a href="https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/worddetail/deng/1153/1/2" rel="noreferrer">this page</a> list the radicals for 等 as 竹, <strong>士</strong>, and 寸 when the word appears to use <strong>土</strong>?</p>

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Radicals in 等 - Why 士 instead of 土?
# Radicals in 等 - Why 士 instead of 土?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-03)

Why does [this page](https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/worddetail/deng/1153/1/2) list the radicals for 等 as 竹, **士**, and 寸 when the word appears to use **土**?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-03. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

Things that contain「寺」may be written with「士」in the Taiwanese standard, while other regions (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan) use「土」.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/WikqK.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/WikqK.png)

The decomposition listed on that page is based on the Taiwanese standard, but the handwriting animation is based on the Mainland Chinese standard. If you're not learning Chinese from specifically Taiwan, write it with「土」.

> I can't locate the exact source, but the general idea was that Taiwan changed it to「士」(**shì**) to give a phonetic hint to「寺」(**sì**).
>
> For reference, the original structure of「寺」([*Zhengzhang*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengzhang_Shangfang) [Old Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese) reconstruction: **/\*ljɯs/**) was from semantic「又」(*hand*) and phonetic「之/㞢/」(**/\*tjɯ/**). The word represented by this character is now written as「持」(*to support*, emphasised through the addition of another hand「扌」).
>
> # `西周 金 enter image description here 伯寺簋 集成4007` `篆 enter image description here 說文解字``現代 楷 enter image description here`

Free web resources may generally not be consistent between standards when listing this sort of information.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Huh, I never noticed that. Interesting!  

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