Buddhist priest, monk
僧 centers on a person who has dedicated their life to Buddhist practice: a monk or priest.
僧 combines 亻 (person) with 曾, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a historical term for a monastic community. The character specifically denotes a Buddhist monk.
A person 亻 beside 曾, which looks like a layered altar or a monk's stacked belongings. Picture a monk standing beside his simple possessions.
For ソウ, imagine a monk softly chanting 'soul' as he meditates: soul -> ソウ, and the monk's spirit is calm.
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youngster; boy; kid; brat; lad
monk; priest
priest; monk; bonze
Buddhist nun
high priest; highly ranked priest
monastery; temple
Zen priest
priesthood
priest soldier; warrior monk
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
noted priest; celebrated priest
high Buddhist priest
high priest
young monk; boy monk
mischievous boy
karakasa-obake; umbrella ghost
photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
low-rank priest
Buddhist priest