そう
僧
ごう
綱

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
僧
ごう
綱
 僧綱 そうごう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Buddhist priest, monk
ソウ (Early Jr. High, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
formerly, once, before
ソ　ソウ　かつ (Late High School)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
hawser, class (genus), rope
つな　コウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mount, hill, knoll
おか　コウ (4th)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)