聖

See also 圣

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 呈

Han character

聖 (radical 128 耳+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹土 (SRHG), four-corner 16104)

  1. holy, sacred, consecration
  2. sage, saint, saintly

References

  • KangXi: page 967, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29074
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2789, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8056
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Cantonese

Hanzi

聖 (simplified 圣, Yale sing3)

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Japanese

Kanji

聖 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. holy, sacred

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Synonyms

Etymology 1

Compound of 日 (hi, “day, light, the sun”) +‎ 知り (shiri, “knowing”). The shiri changes to jiri due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

聖 (hiragana ひじり, romaji hijiri)

  1. a very virtuous or godly person; a saint
  2. (honorific) the emperor
  3. a sage
  4. an expert; someone distinguished in their field
  5. a virtuous or high-ranking Buddhist priest or monk
  6. a Buddhist priest or monk in general
  7. a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment
  8. a monk who has adopted an itinerant lifestyle for purposes of asceticism andspiritual enlightenment, supporting themselves by gathering alms and food contributions; by extension, an itinerant preacher monk from Mount Kōya
  9. (euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu) (“refined sake”)
  10. a textile peddler (from the resemblance to itinerant 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri) Buddhist preachers who would carry everything on their backs)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Sinitic 聖.

Adjectival noun

聖 (なり-nari inflection, hiragana せい, romaji sei)

  1. holy, sacred

Noun

聖 (hiragana せい, romaji sei)

  1. a saint; a holy person
  2. holiness, sacredness
  3. (euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu) (“refined sake”)

Etymology 3

Translation of English saint, from Latin sanctus.

Prefix

聖 (hiragana せい, romaji sei)

  1. (Catholicism) prefix added to the names of saints

Etymology 4

Jukujikun.

Proper noun

聖 (hiragana たかし, romaji Takashi)

  1. A male given name

Etymology 5

Jukujikun.

Proper noun

聖 (hiragana さとし, romaji Satoshi)

  1. A male given name
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Korean

Hanja

聖 (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

聖 (simplified 圣, pinyin shèng (sheng4), Wade-Giles sheng4)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

Han character

聖 (thánh)

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