Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Buddhist priest, monk
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 僧 【ソウ】 monk, priest, sangha (the Buddhist community)
  • 僧侶 【ソウリョ】 priest, monk, bonze
  • 禅僧 【ゼンソウ】 Zen priest
  • 高僧 【コウソウ】 high priest, highly-ranked priest, virtuous priest, priest of great sanctity and learning

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
seng1
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • monje budista
  • bonzo

Portuguese

  • Monge budista

French

  • prêtre bouddhiste
  • moine
1525 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1423 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
536 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1007 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1070 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1829 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1366 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1453 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1430 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
131 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
180 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
138 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
991 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1076X Morohashi
159 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300 New Nelson (John Haig)
982 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1057 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1609 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
2826.6 Four corner code
1-33-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50e7 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
nursing, attending, entertainer
Kun:
とぎ
On:
キャギャ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 伽耶 【カヤ】 Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy), Karak
  • 伽耶琴 【カヤグム】 gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
  • 閼伽 【アカ】 water offering to Buddha, holy water
  • 真那伽 【マナカ】 incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Malacca)
  • 伽藍 【ガラン】 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
  • 伽藍鳥 【ガランチョウ】 pelican
  • 瑜伽 【ユガ】 yoga
  • 迦陵頻伽 【カリョウビンガ】 kalavinka, imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes, person or creature with a beautiful voice
  • 伽羅 【キャラ】 aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana), aloes-wood perfume, aloes-wood incense
  • 伽羅蕗 【キャラブキ】 stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
  • 僧伽 【ソウギャ】 sangha (the Buddhist community)

Kun reading compounds

  • 伽 【とぎ】 nursing, nurse, attending, attendant, entertainer
  • 伽芝居 【とぎしばい】 fairy play, pantomime
  • 御伽 【おとぎ】 attending (upon), keeping another company
  • 夜伽 【よとぎ】 attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse), sleeping with a man (at his bidding), overnight vigil before burial

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1, qie2
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • asistencia
  • cuidado
  • atención

Portuguese

French

398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
357 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2014 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
486 Morohashi
159 New Nelson (John Haig)
2115 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-18-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3d Unicode hex code