僧
僧: Buddhist monk
Buddhist monk
13 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 12 words here
Readings
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ソウ
Kun—
そう: 僧(そう) "monk", 僧侶(そうりょ) "Buddhist priest", 尼僧(にそう) "nun", 高僧(こうそう) "high priest"; ぞう in 小僧(こぞう) "young apprentice".
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Key words
僧侶そうりょBuddhist priest; monk
僧そうBuddhist monk
小僧こぞうyoung apprentice; little boy
尼僧にそうnun
Example sentences
山のお寺では、僧侶が毎朝お経を読みます。
At the mountain temple, a monk reads sutras every morning.
昔、あの店で小僧として働いていた人です。
He is a man who worked in that shop as an apprentice boy long ago.
旅の僧が、村の人に一晩の宿を頼んだ。
A traveling monk asked the villagers for lodging for the night.