Memory phrase for the character: 僧

僧

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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
僧人 sēng rén  

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