玄奘

Xuánzàng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xuanzang (602-664)
2 Tang dynasty Buddhist monk who traveled to India and translated the sutras he brought back

Characters

profound/mysterious

Examples

HSK 6

他在印度那烂陀寺学习多年。

Tā zài Yìndù Nàlàntuó Sì xuéxí duōnián.

He studied for many years at Nalanda Monastery in India.

HSK 7-9

玄奘西行取经的故事家喻户晓。

Xuánzàng xī xíng qǔjīng de gùshì jiāyùhùxiǎo.

The story of Xuanzang's westward journey to fetch the scriptures is known to every household.

Tips

culture

Xuanzang's real 17-year journey (629-645) became the basis for the novel 《西游记》(Journey to the West), where he appears as Tang Sanzang (唐三藏) accompanied by the Monkey King Sun Wukong. His travelogue 《大唐西域记》remains a key historical source on 7th-century Central and South Asia.

Stroke Order

玄 xuán

奘 zàng