懂中文 Dong Chinese

僧

sēng

Buddhist priest

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

曾 sound component

曾  Sound component

céng, zēng

  

already

Evolution

僧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
僧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

僧  

sēng

Buddhist priest, monk; san of Sanskrit sangha; monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

Most common words with 僧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

僧

monk

僧侣

monk

僧人

monk

唐僧

Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

高僧

a senior monk