Vita:僧

Parts

• 僧 982 Buddhist priest
  • 人 951 person
  • 曽 501 increase (formerly)
    • 丷 * horns
    • 田 14 brain (rice field, brains)
    • 日 12 tongue wagging in the mouth (day, sun)

KANJIDIC Entry

• 僧 414E U50e7 B9 G8 S13 F1724 N536 V300 H159 DK119 L982 K1423 O1829 DO1007 MN1076X MP1.0920 E1525 IN1366 DJ1430 DG131 P1-2-11 I2a11.7 Q2826.6 DR2178 Yseng1 Wseung ソウ {Buddhist priest} {monk}

EDICT Entries

• 高僧 [こうそう] / (n) high priest / virtuous priest / (P) /
• 小僧 [こぞう] / (n) (1) youngster / (2) young Buddhist priest / (P) /
• 禅僧 [ぜんそう] / (n) Zen priest / (P) /
• 僧 [そう] / (n) monk / priest / (P) /
• 僧院 [そういん] / (n) monastery / temple / (P) /
• 僧侶 [そうりょ] / (n) (Buddh) priest / monk / (P) /
• 尼僧 [にそう] / (n) priestess / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 2013 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 僧 => 亻, 曾

Radical

• 僧 => 亻 (human) , 丷 (eight/divide) , 口 (mouth) , 丨 (line) , 丷 (eight/divide) , 日 (sun/day)

Graphical

• 僧 => ㇒,丨,丷,口,丨,丷,口,一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. seng1 - monk/Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 僧 (seng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'ceng2'.
2. Pronunciation clue for 僧 (seng1): The component 曾 is pronounced as 'zeng1'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 唐僧

Medium Frequency

• 僧人
• 沙僧
• 贫僧 (貧僧)
• 高僧