Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
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僧 [sēng]
〈名〉
【本义】: 和尚
【造字法】: 形声。从人,曾声。
1. Buddhist monk; refers to a male Buddhist practitioner who has renounced the secular world, commonly known as "和尚" (héshang). It is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit word “僧伽” (samgha).
Examples:
- 随行僧侣 (monastic companions)
- 僧尼 (monks and nuns)
- 僧众 (the community of monks)
- 僧俗 (lay Buddhist)
- 高僧 (high-ranking monk)
2. Surname.
引:
1. 韩愈《山石》:僧言古壁佛画好,以火来照所见稀。
例:
- 僧行 (monastic practice)
- 僧众 (the community of monks)
- 僧录司 (the institution that managed Buddhist affairs during the Ming and Qing dynasties)
- 僧雏 (young monk)
- 僧寮 (monks' residence)
- 僧居 (living quarters of monks, temple)
- 僧衲 (monk's robe)
- 僧靿袜儿 (long socks worn by monks)
- 僧正 (an official who manages monks)
- 僧官 (official in charge of monks and temples)
- 僧纲 (officials managing Buddhism)
- 僧腊 (the age of a monk after receiving ordination, also known as 法腊)
- 僧伽梨 (a type of monk's robe, a kind of kasaya)