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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

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Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

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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

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(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

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sang1 - literary;
  • zang1 - vernacular.
Note:
  • chng, cheng - vernacular;
  • sng, seng - literary.

  • 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

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  1. (Buddhism) monk; bonze
  2. (Buddhism) sangha
  3. (Church of the East, historical) priest
  4. a surname

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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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

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Japanese shinjitai form: ().

Kanji

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(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Buddhist priest
  2. monk

Readings

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  • Go-on: そう (, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: そう (, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ぼうず (bōzu, )


Compounds

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(そう) (

  1. a (Buddhist) priest, bonze

References

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  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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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

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (jung seung))

  1. hanja form? of (a Buddhist monk)

Compounds

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References

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  • 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

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Han character

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

  1. (Buddhism) priest, bonze