Chinese symbol for “sangha”
僧伽
sēng qié
(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sangha is 僧伽 (sēng qié), defined as: (Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 僧伽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僧人 | sēng rén | monk |
| 僧侣 (僧侶) | sēng lǚ | monk |
| 高僧 | gāo sēng | a senior monk |
| 僧尼 | sēng ní | (Buddhist) monks and nuns |
| 僧俗 | sēng sú | Buddhist monks and secular people |
| 瑜伽 | yú jiā | (loanword) yoga |
| 伽马 (伽馬) | gā mǎ | (loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ); Taiwan pr. [jia1ma3] |
| 伽玛 (伽瑪) | gā mǎ | variant of 伽马 (gā mǎ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sangha”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.