Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 薬師寺, 藥師寺(Japanese Kanji) やんしじ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. YANWN-SHEE-ZHEE [key·IPA] Meaning & History Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).