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僧
sēng
1. monk
2. Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

僧
sēng
Buddhist priest, monk
14 丶

Compound Words (20)

僧人
sēngrén
monk
僧伽
sēngqié
(Buddhism) sangha
僧侣
sēnglǚ
monk
僧俗
sēngsú
laymen
僧尼
sēngní
(Buddhist) monks and nuns
僧院
sēngyuàn
abbey
唐僧
Tángsēng
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
沙僧
ShāSēng
Sha Wujing
圣僧
shèngsēng
senior monk
贫僧
pínsēng
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
高僧
gāosēng
a senior monk
僧帽猴
sēngmàohóu
capuchin monkey
僧帽瓣
sēngmàobàn
see [[二尖瓣<èrjiānbàn>]]
张僧繇
ZhāngSēngyóu
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties [[六朝四大家]]
佛法僧目
fófǎsēngmù
Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
僧加罗语
Sēngjiāluóyǔ
Sinhalese (language)
僧多粥少
sēngduōzhōushǎo
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
粥少僧多
zhōushǎosēngduō
see [[僧多粥少<sēngduōzhōushǎo>]]
棕胸佛法僧
zōngxiōngfófǎsēng
(Chinese bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
蓝胸佛法僧
lánxiōngfófǎsēng
(Chinese bird species) European roller (Coracias garrulus)

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,012
Word Frequency Rank
10,387 of 84,292

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