僧 — seung

Parts that make up 僧

How 僧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 僧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 曾.

Korean example words with 僧

• 남승男僧 Korean gloss: 남자 승려
• 사승寺僧 Korean gloss: 절의 승려
• 승복僧服 Korean gloss: 승려의 옷
• 야승野僧 Korean gloss: 시골 승려
• 이승尼僧 Korean gloss: 여자 승려
• 걸승傑僧 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 승려
• 승문僧門 Korean gloss: 승려의 신분
• 주승住僧 Korean gloss: 절에 있는 중
• 노승老僧 Korean gloss: 나이가 많은 승려
• 승방僧房 Korean gloss: 여승들이 사는 절
• 승려僧侶 Korean gloss: 불교의 출가 수행자
• 승군僧軍 Korean gloss: 승려들로 조직된 군대

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 僧

• 僧そう monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
• 小僧こぞう youngster; boy; kid
• 僧侶そうりょ priest; monk; bonze
• 尼僧にそう Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
• 高僧こうそう high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest
• 僧堂そうどう temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures
• 禅僧ぜんそう Zen priest
• 大僧正だいそうじょう high priest
• 僧院そういん monastery; temple
• 僧籍そうせき priesthood registry
• 悪僧あくそう dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
• 下僧げそう low-rank priest

Characters sharing the phonetic 曾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “증” in Korean.

Other hanja read “승”

Other hanja with radical 人