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

聖

  • Meaning

    聖 means "holy, saint, wise."

    1. Holy - Sacred; divine.

    2. Saint - A holy person; a sage.

    3. Wise - Having great wisdom; enlightened.

    4. Imperial - Relating to the emperor.

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    hijiri(ひじり) ひじり

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    耳 (mimi・mimihen)

  • Related Keywords
    holy sacred divine saint sage wise enlightened virtuous pure noble emperor imperial blessed spiritual religious venerable revered august exalted godly

Sentences including 聖

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

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

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