sēng​lǚ

monk

sēng, céng Buddhist priest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːŋ
Unicodesəng
səng

說文解字

浮屠道人也。从人曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

companion Simplified

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
pitchpipe

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

companion Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ
Unicodeliǔ

說文解字

徒侶也。从人呂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica