Kanji1 / 13
僧 kanji
Buddhist priest, monk
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
僧Words with 僧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1僧Popularmonk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
- —高僧Popularhigh priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
- —小僧Popularyoungster; boy; kid; brat; lad; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy; apprentice
- —禅僧PopularZen priest
- —僧院Popularmonastery; temple
- —僧侶Popularpriest; monk; bonze
- —尼僧PopularBuddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
- —悪僧dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
- —下僧low-rank priest
- —学僧learned priest pursuing his studies
- —軍僧chaplain
- —師僧priestly teacher
- —侍僧acolyte
- —住僧chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
- —僧庵priest's hermitage
- —僧位rank (of a monk)
- —僧衣priest's garb
- —僧家Buddhist temple; Buddhist priest
- —僧形the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
- —僧号priest's religious name