僧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sēng

Buddhist priest

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

曾 Sound component

céng, zēng

already

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sēng

Buddhist priest, monk; san of Sanskrit sangha; monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

Most common words with 僧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	僧	monk
	僧侣	monk
	僧人	monk
	唐僧	Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
	高僧	a senior monk

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3936% of movies

3046th most common character in movies

2013th most common character in books

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