僧
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,134 U+50E7
How 僧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 曾 (phonetic, céng)
How to remember it
Buddhist monk · Heisig RSH #2088
人 person + increase
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曾
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曾 (céng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曾 sound component | céng | already, formerly, once; the past |
| 增 | zēng | to increase; to expand; to augment; to add |
| 赠 | zèng | to bestow, to confer, to present a gift |
| 蹭 | cèng | to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally |
| 憎 | zēng | to abhor, to detest, to hate |
| 噌 | cēng | to scold, to shout at |
| 缯 | zēng | silk; to tie, to bind; surname |
| 罾 | zēng | a large square net for catching fish |
| 甑 | zèng | a boiler for steaming rice |
Words containing 僧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不看僧面看佛面 | bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn | lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom); fig. (to do sth for sb) ou… |
| 僧加罗语 | Sēng jiā luó yǔ | Sinhalese (language) |
| 西棕胸佛法僧 | xī zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng | (bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) |
| 佛法僧目 | fó fǎ sēng mù | Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills |
| 蓝胸佛法僧 | lán xiōng fó fǎ sēng | (bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus) |
| 棕胸佛法僧 | zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng | (bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) |
| 苦行僧 | kǔ xíng sēng | ascetic monk |
| 僧帽水母 | sēng mào shuǐ mǔ | (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) |
| 僧人 | sēng rén | monk |
| 高僧 | gāo sēng | a senior monk |
| 扫地僧 | Sǎo dì Sēng | Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "D… |
| 僧尼 | sēng ní | (Buddhist) monks and nuns |
| 沙僧 | Shā Sēng | Sha Wujing |
| 僧院 | sēng yuàn | abbey; Buddhist monastery; vihara |
| 圣僧 | shèng sēng | senior monk |
| 僧多粥少 | sēng duō zhōu shǎo | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds s… |
| 粥少僧多 | zhōu shǎo sēng duō | see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3] |
| 唐僧 | Táng sēng | Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-64… |
| 僧徒 | sēng tú | Buddhist monks |
| 僧俗 | sēng sú | Buddhist monks and secular people |