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The character 僧 is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the person radical 亻 and the phonetic component 曾, created to transliterate the Sanskrit term 'saṅgha' for the Buddhist monastic community. Its initial meaning referred to the collective assembly of monks, but it later came to designate an individual monk. The graphical structure of 僧 has remained unchanged, with no simplified form derived from it.
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那位僧人在念佛。
僧侣们每天打坐。
这位年轻僧人来自西藏。
寺庙里的僧人经常帮助穷人。
那位高僧讲解佛经很透彻。
僧人们在山中闭关修炼。
据说这位僧人有神奇的医术。
为了寻求真理，他决定出家为僧。