Word Meaning 蕃僧

ばんそう bansou

蕃僧 is read as ばんそう (bansou) and means foreign priest.

Meaning

English

  1. foreign priest
  2. Western priest

Reading

Kana

ばんそう

Romaji

bansou

Writing Variants

  • 蛮僧 ばんそう bansou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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高僧

こうそう

high priest

尼僧

にそう

Buddhist nun

小僧

こぞう

young Buddhist monk

禅僧

ぜんそう

Zen priest

一つ目小僧

ひとつめこぞう

one-eyed goblin

代僧

だいそう

substitute priest

学僧

がくそう

learned priest pursuing his studies

学問僧

がくもんそう

scholar monk

下僧

げそう

low-rank priest

カメラ小僧

かめらこぞう

photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions

名僧

めいそう

noted priest

軍僧

ぐんそう

chaplain