Read Edit View history Discussion 僧 sēng HSK7 Buddhist priest Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas sēng ×céng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 僧 Simp strokes 僧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 僧 Simp strokes 僧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 僧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 292, 788 ], [ 335, 724 ], [ 178, 474 ], [ 61, 344 ] ], [ [ 211, 484 ], [ 245, 416 ], [ 236, 34 ] ], [ [ 469, 774 ], [ 555, 666 ] ], [ [ 737, 841 ], [ 764, 788 ], [ 635, 670 ] ], [ [ 366, 600 ], [ 403, 567 ], [ 448, 361 ] ], [ [ 412, 595 ], [ 806, 635 ], [ 835, 594 ], [ 776, 433 ], [ 743, 398 ] ], [ [ 582, 599 ], [ 604, 563 ], [ 600, 425 ] ], [ [ 491, 533 ], [ 532, 472 ] ], [ [ 702, 580 ], [ 714, 545 ], [ 652, 490 ] ], [ [ 461, 396 ], [ 743, 433 ] ], [ [ 458, 304 ], [ 490, 246 ], [ 477, 15 ] ], [ [ 503, 287 ], [ 689, 328 ], [ 728, 304 ], [ 725, -29 ] ], [ [ 509, 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