僧
そう · sou · JLPT N3 · noun
monk
📿 僧 = person 亻 + 曽; from Sanskrit sangha, the community of monks
Chinese Buddhists wrote the Sanskrit word saṅgha (the monastic order) as 僧伽, then shortened it to 僧. Japanese reads it そう. The 亻 on the left marks it as a person, and 曽 on the right gives the sound.