Meanings

Buddhist Priest, Monk

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻曾

Etymology

Pictophonetic: person

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot right-to-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal left-to-right

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ sou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

92 words total

Other (12 words)

詩僧しそう

priest with poetical talent

rank (of a monk)

corrupt monk

bad boy

good luck does not last

護持僧ごじそう

imperial protector monk

僧帽弁閉鎖不全そうぼうべんへいさふぜん

mitral regurgitation

怪僧かいそう

evil priest

弁天小僧べんてんこぞう

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

からかさ小僧からかさこぞう

karakasa-obake

悪僧あくそう

dissolute priest

いたずら小僧いたずらこぞう

mischievous boy

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