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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 僧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
僧 sēng - (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

List Ranking for: 僧

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 20,164 8,690 11,281

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 亻 曾

Radical:

亻

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

曾

Semantic:

亻

Hint:

Person

Other Words Containing 僧

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
僧侣 - - 14,110 36,906 40,548
僧 - - 20,164 8,690 11,281
僧人 - 7 21,499 19,812 22,289
苦行僧 - - 43,234 65,469 48,173
高僧 - - 51,490 25,569 19,905
僧多粥少 - - 67,105 59,929 70,818