# 僧

| 僧 | U+50E7, &#20711; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50E7 |
| ← 僦 [U+50E6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僨 → [U+50E8] |
| 僧 | U+FA31, &#64049; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA31 |
| ← 侮 [U+FA30] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 免 → [U+FA32] |
| 僧 | U+2F80A, &#194570; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80A |
| ← 備 [U+2F809] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 像 → [U+2F80B] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 僧 |
| Simplified | 僧 |
| Traditional | 僧 |

### Alternative forms

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

### Han character

僧 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12 in Chinese, 人+11 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人金田日 (OCWA), four-corner 2826$_6$, composition ⿰亻曾 (GTKV) or ⿰亻曽 (J))

#### Derived characters

* 𫣸

#### Related characters

* 增 (増), 憎

#### References

* 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
* Unihan data for U+FA31
* Unihan data for U+2F80A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僧 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts05925Transcribed ancient scriptsL11518L11519 ||
| 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). ||
| | Old Chinese |
| 潧 | *ʔsrɯn |
| 繒 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 增 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *ʔsɯːŋs |
| 憎 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 磳 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 曾 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ |
| 矰 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 罾 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 熷 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 竲 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 橧 | *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯŋ |
| 譄 | *ʔsɯːŋ |
| 蹭 | *sʰɯːŋs |
| 層 | *zɯːŋ |
| 贈 | *zɯːŋs |
| 僧 | *sɯːŋ |
| 鬙 | *sɯːŋ |
| 甑 | *ʔsɯŋs |
| 鄫 | *zɯŋ |
| 驓 | *zɯŋ |
| 嶒 | *zɯŋ |
| 噌 | *sʰɯːŋ |
| 鏳 | *zrɯːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯːŋ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ) – a kind of person (a Buddhist monk).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sēng (seng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zang$^1$ / sang$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sên
    (Hailu, HRS): sen$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cĕng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zeng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chng / cheng / sng / seng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: seng
*** Wade–Giles: sêng$^1$
*** Yale: sēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seng
*** Palladius: сэн (sɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zang$^1$ / sang$^1$
*** Yale: jāng / sāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzang$^1$ / sang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeng$^1$ / seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵/
* sang1 - literary;
* zang1 - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit僧 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /səŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡səŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /səŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /səŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /səŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /səŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /səŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /sə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /səŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /sə̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /sɤŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /sen⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /sə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /sən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /sən²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /səŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /səŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /saŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /sʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /sɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɛn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sen⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sen²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sɐŋ⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sɐŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/ 俗 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɛiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡saiŋ⁴⁴/ /saiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡seŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sɔŋ³³/ /t͡seŋ³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: song
Rime :
| Character | 僧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 登 (129) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇增切 |
| Baxter | song |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /səŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /səŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /səŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /səŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /səŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /səŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /səŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sang$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 僧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16628 |
| Phonetic component | 曾 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僧 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːŋ/ |
| Notes | 梵譯僧伽saṁɡha省稱 |

### Definitions

僧
* (Buddhism) monk; bonze
* (Buddhism) sangha
* (Church of the East, historical) priest
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 和尚, 比丘, 僧, 僧人, 僧侶, 禪師 honorific |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 和尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 和尚, 師父 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 和尚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 和尚, 僧人 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 和尚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 和尚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 和尚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 和尚, 師父 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 和尚, 師父 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 和尚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 和尚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 和尚 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 和尚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 和尚 |
| Gan | Pengze | 和尚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 和尚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 和尚, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 和尚, 齋牯, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 和尚, 齋公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 和尚, 齋公仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 和尚 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 師父 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 和尚 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 和尚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 和尚 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Datong | 和尚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 和尚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 和尚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 和尚 |
| Jin | Jining | 和尚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 和尚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 和尚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Handan | 和尚 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 和尚 |
| Jin | Suide | 和尚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 道老 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 長老 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 長老 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 和尚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 和尚, 仙師 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 師父 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 師父 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 和尚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 和尚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 和尚 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 和尚, 長老 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 長老 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 和尚 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 和尚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 和尚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 和尚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 和尚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 和尚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 和尚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 和尚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 和尚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 齋公 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 和尚 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 和尚 |

### Compounds

* 不僧不俗
* 僧人 (sēngrén)
* 僧伽
* 僧伽藍 / 僧伽蓝
* 僧俗 (sēngsú)
* 僧侶 / 僧侣 (sēnglǚ)
* 僧侶主義 / 僧侣主义
* 僧塔 (sēngtǎ)
* 僧多粥少 (sēngduōzhōushǎo)
* 僧官
* 僧尼 (sēngní)
* 僧徒 (sēngtú)
* 僧房
* 僧殘 / 僧残
* 僧眾 / 僧众
* 僧祇 (sēngqí)
* 僧祐
* 僧綱 / 僧纲
* 僧肇
* 僧行
* 僧衣
* 僧道
* 僧院 (sēngyuàn)
* 僧鞋
* 削髮為僧 / 削发为僧
* 和合僧
* 奉道齋僧 / 奉道斋僧
* 女僧
* 密陀僧 (mìtuósēng)
* 小僧 (xiǎosēng)
* 尼僧 (nísēng)
* 情僧錄 / 情僧录
* 替僧
* 火宅僧
* 知事僧
* 粥少僧多
* 粥飯僧 / 粥饭僧
* 老僧 (lǎosēng)
* 老僧入定
* 聖僧 / 圣僧
* 胡僧
* 苦行僧 (kǔxíngsēng)
* 行腳僧 / 行脚僧
* 衲僧
* 貧僧 / 贫僧 (pínsēng)
* 門僧 / 门僧
* 阿僧祇 (āsēngqí)
* 雲水僧 / 云水僧
* 非洲和尚——黑人僧
* 高僧 (gāosēng)
* 齋僧 / 斋僧

### References

* “僧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “僧”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 203.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 僧 |
| Kyūjitai | 僧 &#xFA31; or 僧+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 僧󠄁 僧+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 僧󠄅 僧+&#xE0105; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai form: 僧 (曾 → 曽).

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 僧)
* Buddhist priest
* monk

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぼうず (bōzu, 僧)

#### Compounds

* 僧(そう)衣(い) (sōi)
* 僧(そう)院(いん) (sōin)
* 僧(そう)正(じょう) (sōjō)
* 僧(そう)都(ず) (sōzu)
* 僧(そう)俗(ぞく) (sōzoku)
* 僧(そう)服(ふく) (sōfuku)
* 僧(そう)兵(へい) (sōhei)
* 僧(そう)坊(ぼう), 僧(そう)房(ぼう) (sōbō)
* 僧(そう)門(もん) (sōmon)
* 僧(そう)侶(りょ) (sōryo)
* 僧(そう)庵(あん) (sōan)
* 僧(そう)位(い) (sōi)
* 僧(そう)伽(ぎゃ) (sōgya)
* 僧(そう)家(か) (sōka)
* 僧(そう)形(ぎょう) (sōgyō)
* 僧(そう)綱(ごう) (sōgō)
* 僧(そう)号(ごう) (sōgō)
* 僧(そう)寺(じ) (sōji)
* 僧(そう)職(しょく) (sōshoku)
* 僧(そう)籍(せき) (sōseki)
* 僧(そう)堂(どう) (sōdō)
* 僧(そう)尼(に) (sōni)
* 僧(そう)帽(ぼう)弁(べん) (sōbōben)
* 学(がく)僧(そう) (gakusō)
* 小(こ)僧(ぞう) (kozō)
* 高(こう)僧(そう) (kōsō)
* 禅(ぜん)僧(そう) (zensō)
* 尼(に)僧(そう) (nisō)
* 仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)僧(そう) (buppōsō)
* 売(まい)僧(す) (maisu)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そー [sóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [so̞ː]

### Noun

僧(そう) • (sō)
* a (Buddhist) priest, bonze

### References

* ↑ “僧”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 僧 (MC song).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 스ᇰ (Yale: sùng) | 스ᇰ (Yale: sùng) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 쥬ᇰ〯 (Yale: cywǔng) | 스ᇰ (Yale: sùng) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰɯŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [승]

### Hanja

Wikisource 僧 (eumhun 중 승 (jung seung))
* hanja form of 승 (“a Buddhist monk”)

#### Compounds

* 불법승 (佛法僧, bulbeopseung)
* 승가 (僧伽, seungga)
* 승가 (僧家, seungga)
* 승려 (僧侶, seungnyeo)
* 승원 (僧院, seung'won)
* 이승 (尼僧, iseung)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

僧: Hán Việt readings: tăng (蘇(tô)增(tăng)切(thiết))
* (Buddhism) priest, bonze