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Kanji Detail for 聖 - "holy, saint, wise"

聖

  • Meaning

    聖 means "holy, saint, wise." Also associated with wisdom.

    1. Holy - Sacred; divine.

    2. Saint - A holy person; a sage.

    3. Wise - Having great wisdom; enlightened.

    4. Imperial - Relating to the emperor.

  • Words using 聖

    • 棋聖 きせい Listen great master of go; great master of shogi
    • 聖域 せいいき Listen sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground
    • 聖地 せいち Listen sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land
    • 聖書 せいしょ Listen Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
    • 聖戦 せいせん Listen holy war; crusade
    • 聖火 せいか Listen sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame
    • 聖堂 せいどう Listen (Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
    • 神聖 しんせい Listen holiness; sacredness; sanctity

  • Four-character idioms with 聖

    • 聖人君子 せいじんくんし Listen person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person

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    • Verified meaning: holy, saint, wise
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, いぶ, きよ, きょじ)
    • Also carries these associations: wisdom

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 聖

    Given names 聖(あきら)Listen 聖(いぶ)Listen 聖(きよ)Listen 聖(きよし)Listen 聖(きよみ)Listen 聖(きよら)Listen 聖(きらら)Listen 聖(こうき)Listen 聖(こみな)Listen

    Surnames 聖(きょじ)Listen 聖(きよつぐ)Listen 聖(きよのり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    holy; saint; sage; master; priest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    holy, sacred; sage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    holy, sacred; sage, saint

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    One whose cultivation of character has reached the utmost is called 聖 (sage). Such as saying 超凡入聖 (transcend the ordinary and enter sagehood). | A term for the most revered. Such as in old times, the words of the emperor were called 聖諭 (imperial edict), 聖訓 (imperial teachings).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hijiri(ひじり) ひじり

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    耳 (mimi・mimihen)

  • Related Keywords

    holy saint wise imperial intelligent sacred blessed celestial consecrated divine godly hallowed immaculate learned pious pure revered sage sanctified

Sentences including 聖

  • This is the first time for me to read the bible.

  • The book read most in the world is the bible.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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