僧 — buddhist priest, monk

そう僧 buddhist priest

そう

U+50E7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1724 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1057 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

buddhist priest
monk

Readings

On'yomi: そう sou

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そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

僧(そう) sou monk 僧(そう) 侶(りょ) souryo monk 小(こ) 僧(ぞう) kozou young boy

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Composed of

亻 person (left form)

そ曽 formerly

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そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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僧 — buddhist priest, monk

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そう ・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Words by frequency and grade

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).