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U+50E7, 僧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E7

[U+50E6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+50E8]

U+FA31, 僧
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA31

[U+FA30]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA32]

僧 U+2F80A, 僧
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80A
備
[U+2F809]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 像
[U+2F80B]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms[edit]

Note difference between Chinese form, which uses , and Japanese shinjitai which uses . Both forms are encoded under the same codepoint due to Han unification.

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 9, +12 in Chinese, 人+11 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人金田日 (OCWA), four-corner 28266, composition (GTKV) or (J))

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1076
  • Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 222, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+50E7

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sɯːŋ): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ) – a kind of person (a Buddhist monk).

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of 僧伽 (MC song gja, “sangha; community of monks, nuns, novices and laity”); see there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • sang1 - literary;
  • zang1 - vernacular.
  • Hakka
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • chng, cheng - vernacular;
    • sng, seng - literary.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /səŋ⁵⁵/
    Harbin /t͡səŋ⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /səŋ²¹/
    Jinan /səŋ²¹³/
    Qingdao /səŋ²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /səŋ²⁴/
    Xi'an /səŋ²¹/
    Xining /sə̃⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /səŋ⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /sə̃n³¹/
    Ürümqi /sɤŋ⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /sən⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /sən⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /sen⁵⁵/
    Kunming /sə̃⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /sən³¹/
    Hefei /sən²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /səŋ¹¹/
    Pingyao /səŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /sə̃ŋ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /səŋ⁵³/
    Suzhou /sən⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /sen³³/
    Wenzhou /saŋ³³/
    Hui Shexian /sʌ̃³¹/
    Tunxi /sɛ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sən³³/
    Xiangtan /t͡sən³³/
    Gan Nanchang /sɛn⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /sen⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /sen²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐŋ⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /siŋ⁵⁵/
    /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sɛiŋ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡saiŋ⁴⁴/
    /saiŋ⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡seŋ³³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sɔŋ³³/
    /t͡seŋ³³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (16)
    Final () (129)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter song
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /səŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /səŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /səŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /səŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /səŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /səŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /səŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    sēng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sang1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16628
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*sɯːŋ/
    Notes saṁɡha

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (Buddhism) monk; bonze
    2. (Buddhism) sangha
    3. a surname

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
    [1]


    僧
    or
    +︀?
    僧󠄁
    +󠄁?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    僧󠄅
    +󠄅?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
    The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.
    See here for details.

    Glyph origin[edit]

    Japanese shinjitai form: ().

    Kanji[edit]

    (common “Jōyō” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

    1. Buddhist priest
    2. monk

    Readings[edit]


    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Clipping of 僧伽 (sōgya), borrowed from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha).[2]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (そう) (

    1. a (Buddhist) priest, bonze

    References[edit]

    1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
    2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC song).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 스ᇰ (Yale: sùng)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 쥬ᇰ〯 (Yale: cywǔng) 스ᇰ (Yale: sùng)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun (jung seung))

    1. Hanja form? of (a Buddhist monk).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [4]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Việt readings: tăng (()(tăng)(thiết))

    1. (Buddhism) priest, bonze