僧 – Buddhist priest, monk

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The kanji 僧 means Buddhist priest, monk. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・田・日・并.

Words using 僧

僧そうmonk

Example sentences

その僧は子供たちの遊びに参加した。

The priest participated in the children's game.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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