JLPT

N1

僧

Strokes

13

Grade

8

Meanings

PriestmonkBuddhist priest

Unicode

50E7

Kunyomi

No kunyomi available

Onyomi

ソウ

sou

Vocabulary (12)

  • 弁天小僧

    べんてんこぞう

    Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)

  • 僧伽藍摩

    そうがらんま

    Buddhist convent or monastery

  • 僧都

    そうず

    Buddhist priest

  • 仏僧

    ぶっそう

    Buddhist priest

  • 声の仏法僧

    こえのぶっぽうそう

    Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

  • 西仏法僧

    にしぶっぽうそう

    European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)

  • 声聞僧

    しょうもんそう

    Hinayana monk

  • 僧綱

    そうごう

    Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)

  • 禅僧

    ぜんそう

    Zen priest

  • 侍僧

    じそう

    acolyte

  • 僧体

    そうたい

    appearance of a Buddhist priest

  • 画僧

    がそう

    artist-monk