Info on the Kanji 僧 | What's a Kanji? |
| buddhist priest, monk | |
| onyomi | SOU |
| kunyomi | |
| stroke count | 13 |
| grade | s |
| jlpt level | N1 |
| Example words with 僧 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 僧そう sou | monk / priest |
| 悪僧あくそう aku sou | dissolute priest |
| 下僧したそう shita sou | low-rank priest |
| 我僧われそう ware sou | monk |
| 画僧がそう ga sou | artist-monk |
| 学僧がくそう gakusou | learned priest pursuing his studies |
| 貴僧たかしそう takashi sou | high priest / respectful form of address to a priest |
| 客僧きゃくそう kyaku sou | priest traveling as part of his training |
| 供僧ともそう tomo sou | monk who attends to the principal image of a temple / buddhist monk serving at an attached shinto shrine |
| 愚僧ぐそう gu sou | silly monk / foolish monk / i / me |
| 軍僧ぐんそう gun sou | chaplain |
| 菰僧こもそう komo sou | mendicant zen priest of the fuke sect |
| 高僧こうそう kousou | high priest / virtuous priest |
| 師僧しそう shi sou | priestly teacher |
| 侍僧さむらいそう samurai sou | acolyte |
| 社僧しゃそう sha sou | priest attached to a shrine |
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| Example Sentences with 僧 |
| 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。 彼女は腕白小僧に腹を立てている。 彼は僧侶に近い禁欲生活をしている。 彼はよく近所の腕白小僧たちをののしったものだ。 |
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