Keyword
Buddhist priest
- monk
- Frequency
- #2302
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
sēng
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 曾 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
僧人
monk
僧侣
monk
僧
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēngqié))
高僧
a senior monk
唐僧
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
僧尼
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
僧伽
(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk
僧俗
Buddhist monks and secular people
苦行僧
ascetic monk
贫僧
(humble) I (used by Buddhist monks)
僧院
abbey; Buddhist monastery; vihara
沙僧
Sha Wujing
僧多粥少
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply
圣僧
senior monk
僧徒
Buddhist monks
张僧繇
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家