Memory phrase for the character: 僧

僧

Hanzi-Trainer
 

Meaning

monk, Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order

Pronunciation

sēng

Explanation

 Left: person 人, right: formerly 曾/曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)

Mnemonic
 
The person, who refers to the "formerly" is a monk.

Radicals

人 personA standing person with spread legs.
曾 former, previouslyThe mnemonics understand the middle of this radical 曾/曽 as a variation of 'field 田'.




 Vocabulary

僧侣 sēng lǚ  monk
僧尼 sēng ní  nun
僧人 sēng rén  a monk
 

At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link.
List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer