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    3. 僧

    僧

    僧ソウ

    Buddhist priest

    N1KMT9Freq #1724Religion & PhilosophyKanji13 strokes

    On'yomi

    ソウ

    Buddhist priestmonk

    亻曽

    亻
    人
    田
    日

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

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    Alternative forms of this concept

    亻
    𠆢

    Concepts using this kanji

    僧

    monk

    小僧

    youngster

    僧侶

    priest

    高僧

    high priest

    尼僧

    Buddhist nun

    大僧正

    high priest

    一つ目小僧

    one-eyed goblin

    小僧っ子

    brat

    僧堂

    temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

    学問僧

    scholar monk

    門前の小僧

    you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

    小便小僧

    Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain)

    社僧

    priest attached to a shrine

    僧体

    appearance of a Buddhist priest

    からかさ小僧

    karakasa-obake

    いたずら小僧

    mischievous boy

    カメラ小僧

    photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions

    学僧

    learned priest pursuing his studies

    弁天小僧

    Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)

    名僧

    noted priest

    代僧

    substitute priest

    僧正

    high Buddhist priest

    売僧

    corrupt monk

    下僧

    low-rank priest

    西仏法僧

    European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)

    名僧知識

    great (learned) priest

    仏法僧

    Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

    悪たれ小僧

    bad boy

    声の仏法僧

    Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

    修行僧

    ascetic monk

    軍僧

    chaplain

    護持僧

    imperial protector monk

    僧位

    rank (of a monk)

    僧都

    Buddhist priest

    役僧

    priest in charge of a temple's clerical duties

    僧家

    Buddhist temple

    住僧

    chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

    画僧

    artist-monk

    声聞僧

    Hinayana monk

    車僧

    itinerant monk

    供僧

    monk who attends to the principal image of a temple

    僧供

    giving to a monk

    修道僧

    monk

    僧号

    priest's religious name

    僧兵

    priest soldier

    僧形

    the form of a Buddhist priest

    腕白小僧

    naughty boy

    僧院

    monastery

    若僧

    young monk

    客僧

    priest traveling as part of his training (travelling)

    僧門

    priesthood

    師僧

    priestly teacher

    僧職

    priesthood

    僧衆

    large number of priests

    僧階

    rank (of a monk)

    仏僧

    Buddhist priest

    行脚僧

    itinerant monk

    門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

    you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

    悪僧

    dissolute priest

    破戒僧

    depraved monk

    老僧

    elderly priest

    僧寺

    Buddhist priest

    聴聞僧

    confessor

    旅僧

    traveling priest

    我僧

    monk

    伴僧

    priests assisting at a Buddhist service

    僧服

    priest's garb

    尼僧院

    nunnery

    僧徒

    priests

    虚無僧

    begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

    供奉僧

    monk who attends to the principal image of a temple

    僧庵生活

    hermit life

    貴僧

    high priest

    貧僧の重ね斎

    good luck does not last

    僧衣

    priest's garb

    僧綱

    Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)

    僧帽弁

    mitral valve

    薦僧

    mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect

    詩僧

    priest with poetical talent

    膝小僧

    kneecap

    密陀僧

    litharge

    僧帽弁閉鎖不全

    mitral regurgitation

    禅僧

    Zen priest

    僧帽筋

    trapezius muscle

    凡僧

    unranked priest

    僧俗

    priests and laymen

    俗僧

    worldly priest

    怪僧

    evil priest

    愚僧

    silly monk

    洟垂れ小僧

    snot-nosed kid

    僧尼

    monks and nuns

    僧坊

    priests' temple quarters

    僧籍

    priesthood registry

    拙僧

    I, as a mere priest

    阿僧祇

    a number so great it can never be counted to

    侍僧

    acolyte

    托鉢僧

    mendicant priest

    僧庵

    priest's hermitage

    僧伽

    sangha (the Buddhist community)

    蛮僧

    foreign priest

    梵僧

    monk (esp. one who maintains his purity)

    雛僧

    young priest

    僧伽藍摩

    Buddhist convent or monastery

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亻
    • 人
    • 日
    • 田

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    • いたずら小僧
    • 悪僧
    • 下僧
    • 学僧
    • 虚無僧
    • 軍僧
    • 高僧
    • 師僧
    • 侍僧
    • 住僧
    • 小便小僧
    • 小僧
    • 禅僧
    • 僧
    • 僧庵
    • 僧庵生活
    • 僧位
    • 僧衣
    • 僧院
    • 僧家
    • 僧形
    • 僧号
    • 僧寺
    • 僧職
    • 僧正
    • 僧籍
    • 僧俗
    • 僧体
    • 僧徒
    • 僧堂
    • 僧尼
    • 僧服
    • 僧兵
    • 僧門
    • 僧侶
    • 俗僧
    • 代僧
    • 尼僧
    • 伴僧
    • 仏僧
    • 仏法僧
    • 凡僧
    • 僧坊
    • 阿僧祇
    • 尼僧院
    • 貴僧
    • 客僧
    • 社僧
    • 托鉢僧
    • 膝小僧
    • 一つ目小僧
    • 役僧
    • 名僧
    • 洟垂れ小僧
    • 大僧正
    • 聴聞僧
    • 愚僧
    • 旅僧
    • 老僧
    • 僧都
    • 僧帽弁
    • 僧綱
    • 僧伽
    • 破戒僧
    • 名僧知識
    • 腕白小僧
    • 僧供
    • 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
    • 画僧
    • 声の仏法僧
    • 西仏法僧
    • 僧帽筋
    • 我僧
    • 声聞僧
    • カメラ小僧
    • 薦僧
    • 拙僧
    • 梵僧
    • 修行僧
    • 修道僧
    • 僧衆
    • 蛮僧
    • 行脚僧
    • 雛僧
    • 供奉僧
    • 供僧
    • 僧伽藍摩
    • 若僧
    • 車僧
    • 門前の小僧
    • 小僧っ子
    • 学問僧
    • 詩僧
    • 売僧
    • 僧階
    • 悪たれ小僧
    • 貧僧の重ね斎
    • 密陀僧
    • 護持僧
    • 僧帽弁閉鎖不全
    • 怪僧
    • 弁天小僧
    • からかさ小僧

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    • 傀
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    • 噌
    • 曽
    • 偲
    • 層
    • 伯
    • 僵
    • 優
    • 僊

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