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僧 = 亻 + 曽

僧 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “buddhist priest”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 曽 (formerly). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1057.

Keyword
buddhist priest
RTK frame
1057
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
буддийский священник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
僧 buddhist priest

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 曽 formerly

How to find 僧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “formerly”. 僧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 僧 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.