Reading

Kana: ソウ
Romaji: sou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

Buddhist priest, monk

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  1724
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-2-11
Korean Reading:  seung
Chinese Reading:  seng1
Unicode:  50e7
JIS:  414E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 159
Nelson Index: 536
New Nelson Index: 300
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a11.7
Four Corner Index: 2826.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1525
Gakken Index: 1423
Japanese Names Index: 1829
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1076X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0920
Remembering the kanji Index: 982
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1070
Kodansha Compact Index: 131
Kanji in Context Index: 1430
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 119
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 138
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 991
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1057
Essential Kanji Index: 1007
Kodansha Kanji Index: 180
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2178
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1609

Words

(そう)
monk; priest
小僧 (こぞう)
youngster; young Buddhist priest; young shopboy; errand boy; apprentice
僧正 (そうじょう)
high Buddhist priest
僧院 (そういん)
monastery; temple
大僧正 (だいそうじょう)
high priest
僧侶 (そうりょ)
priest; monk
高僧 (こうそう)
high priest; virtuous priest
尼僧 (にそう)
nun; priestess
禅僧 (ぜんそう)
Zen priest
僧都 (そうず)
Buddhist priest
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