张僧繇 zhāng sēng yóu

Zhang Sengyou, Six Dynasties painter

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家liù cháo sì dà jiā

Characters

Character Meaning
张 zhāng HSK 3
classifier for flat objects, sheet; sheet of paper
僧 sēng
monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order
繇 yóu
interpretations of the trigrams; cause; means