僧 sēng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 曾 already, formerly, once
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
僧人
sēngrén
monk
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 寺院里的僧人并不回避现代科技，反而用网络课程讲解佛教经典。 Sìyuàn lǐ de sēngrén bìng bù huíbì xiàndài kējì, fǎn'ér yòng wǎngluò kèchéng jiǎngjiě Fójiào jīngdiǎn. The monks in the monastery do not avoid modern technology; instead, they use online courses to explain Buddhist classics.
- 山脚下住着几位僧人，每天清晨都到河边打水。 Shānjiǎo xià zhùzhe jǐ wèi sēngrén, měitiān qīngchén dōu dào hébiān dǎ shuǐ. A few monks live at the foot of the mountain and go to the river to fetch water every morning.
- 游客问路时，那位僧人笑着指了指东边的山路。 Yóukè wènlù shí, nà wèi sēngrén xiàozhe zhǐle zhǐ dōngbiān de shānlù. When a tourist asked for directions, the monk smiled and pointed to the mountain path to the east.