ソウ
Buddhist priest, monk

This kanji has 13 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 11 other strokes.

Sample compounds (20) :


  1. そう
    monk, priest

  2. げそう
    low-rank priest

  3. あくそう
    dissolute priest

  4. しそう
    priestly teacher

  5. ばんそう
    priests assisting at a Buddhist service

  6. そうたい
    the form of Buddhist priest, priestly attire

  7. じそう
    acolyte

  8. ぞくそう
    worldly priest

  9. ぐんそう
    chaplain

  10. そうごう
    priest's religious name

  11. そうぼう
    priests' temple quarters

  12. がくそう
    learned priest pursuing his studies

  13. そうか
    Buddhist temple

  14. そうどう
    temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures

  15. そうせき
    (Buddhist) priesthood

  16. そうしょく
    (Buddhist) priesthood

  17. そうふく
    priest's garb

  18. そうい
    priest's garb

  19. そうもん
    priesthood, Buddhism

  20. こうそう
    high priest, virtuous priest
Kanji Character : 僧
Kuten Encoding : 3346
SJIS Encoding : 414e
Unicode Encoding : 50e7
Old Nelson Index : 536
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 1332
Gakken Index : 1423
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 159
Heisig Index : 982
Henshall Index : 1525
New Nelson Index : 300
O'Neil Index : 1829
Stroke Count : 13
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a11.7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 1366
SKIP Code : 1-2-11
De Roo Code : 2178
Four Corner Code : 2826.6
Korean reading : seung
Pinyin reading : seng1
Morohashi Index String : 1076X
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0920
Morohashi Index Number : 1076
Morohashi Page : 920
Morohashi Volume : 1
Morohashi Glyph is not in JIS X 0208 : true
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2178
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