僧 — buddhist priest, monk

そう僧 buddhist priest

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes religion

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.

Meanings

buddhist priest
monk

word

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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Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

そ曽 formerly

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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

Meanings

word

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).

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.

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僧 — buddhist priest, monk

Meanings

word

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).

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).