殿
diàn
palace hall
body (尸) + together (共) + 殳 = palace hall
The image is of a grand shared space beneath a roof — a hall where people gather in ceremony. 殳 is primarily phonetic here, nudging the reading toward diàn rather than adding its own meaning.
这座大殿已经有几百年的历史了。
zhè zuò dà diàn yǐ jīng yǒu jǐ bǎi nián de lì shǐ le。
This great palace hall already has several hundred years of history.
皇帝每天早上在正殿里见大臣。
huáng dì měi tiān zǎo shang zài zhèng diàn lǐ jiàn dà chén。
The emperor met his ministers in the main palace hall every morning.
Words with 殿
大殿
dà diàn
main hall of a Buddhist temple
大雄宝殿
dà xióng bǎo diàn
Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2]
殿下
diàn xià
Your Majesty (honorific)
金銮殿
jīn luán diàn
throne room
阎王殿
yán wáng diàn
Yama's palace
阎罗殿
yán luó diàn
Yama's palace
麒麟殿
qí lín diàn
see 麒麟閣|麒麟阁[Qi2 lin2 Ge2]
偏殿
piān diàn
side palace hall
太和殿
tài hé diàn
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]
宫殿
gōng diàn
palace
宝殿
bǎo diàn
king's palace
森罗宝殿
sēn luó bǎo diàn
Yama's palace