Chinese Character 僧 Meanings and components.

Form

僧

Meaning

僧 meaning[3] in English

Monk.

Sangha, The Buddhist Monastic Order.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 僧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and Japanese variant of … (曽)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OCWA

How to write 僧

To write僧seng1monk you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 曽ceng1Japanese variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 曽 = 僧

僧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 僧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 僧, looks as follow:

僧
Pinyin:seng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Monk . Sangha, The Buddhist Monastic Order
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
曽
Pinyin:ceng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 曾[Ceng2]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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