聖
See also: 圣
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Translingual
Han character
聖 (radical 128, 耳+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹土 (SRHG), four-corner 16104, composition ⿱𦔻王)
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
Chinese
trad. | 聖 | |
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simp. | 圣* |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (聖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
檉 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
蟶 | *l̥ʰeŋ |
聖 | *hljeŋs |
聽 | *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs |
廳 | *l̥ʰeːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljeŋs) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs).
Etymology
Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *hjeŋh or *lheŋh:
Pronunciation
Definitions
聖
Compounds
Derived terms from 聖
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Japanese
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 聖愛 (seiai): pure love
- 聖杯 (seihai): a sacramental cup
- 聖剣 (seiken): a holy or sanctified blade/sword
- 聖香 (kiyoka): sacramental incense
- 聖石 (seiishi): a holy stone, rock or mineral
- 大聖 (ōkihijiri): a very important saint
- 楽聖 (gakusei): a great musician
- 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri): an itinerant Buddhist monk sent from Mount Kōya to preach around the country
- 神聖 (shinsei): holiness, divine, sacred
- 聖化 (seika): virtuous teachings; (Christianity) purification
- 聖火 (seika): a sacred fire or flames
- 聖歌 (seika): a holy song or chant
- 聖者 (seisha): a saint
- 聖主 (seishu) holy lord
- 聖酒 (seishu): sacramental sake, sacramental wine
- 聖書 (seisho): a holy book; the bible
- 聖女 (seijo): a female saint
- 聖人 (seijin): a saint
- 聖水 (seisui): holy water
- 成聖 (seisei): consecration
- 聖仙 (seisen): an immortal saint
- 聖術 (seijutsu): saint arts
- 聖法 (shōhō): (Buddhism) correct teaching
- 聖戦 (seisen): a holy war; a jihad or crusade
- 聖戦者 (seisensha): a holy warrior; a crusader
- 聖像 (seizō): an icon, a sacred image or statue
- 聖体 (seitai) a holy body; (Christianity) the Eucharist
- 聖体拝領 (seitai hairyō): (Christianity) holy communion
- 聖誕 (seitan) (Christianity) the holy birth
- 聖誕祭 (seitansai): Christmas
- 聖男 (seidan): a male saint
- 聖地 (seichi): hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
- 聖地面 (seichimen): hallowed ground
- 聖徒 (seito): (Catholicism) a saint
- 聖土 (seido): hallowed ground
- 聖堂 (seidō): (Confucianism) a temple dedicated to Confucius; (Christianity) a church or chapel
- 聖年 (seinen): (Catholicism) a holy year or jubilee year
- 聖パン (seipan): sacramental bread
- 聖霊 (seirei): the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost
- 大聖 (taisei): the most exalted saint
- 大聖 (daishō): the Buddha; a Buddha; a bodhisattva
- 涜聖 (tokusei): blasphemy, desecration
- 列聖 (ressei): beatification, canonization
- 聖杖 (seijō): a sacred staff
- 聖仗 (seijō): a sacred staff
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, rōmaji hijiri)
- a very virtuous or godly person; a saint
- (honorific) the emperor
- a sage
- an expert; someone distinguished in their field
- a virtuous or high-ranking Buddhist priest or monk
- a Buddhist priest or monk in general
- a monk who has gone into seclusion for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment
- a monk who has adopted an itinerant lifestyle for purposes of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment, supporting themselves by gathering alms and food contributions; by extension, an itinerant preacher monk from Mount Kōya
- (euphemistic) alternate name for 清酒 (seishu, “refined sake”)
- a textile peddler (from the resemblance to itinerant 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri) Buddhist preachers who would carry everything on their backs)
Synonyms
- (saint): 聖人 (seijin)
- (emperor): 天皇 (tennō)
- (sage): 仙人 (sennin)
- (expert): 達人 (tatsujin)
- (virtuous monk): 聖僧 (seisō), 大徳 (daitoku)
- (monk or priest in general): 僧侶 (sōryō), 法師 (hōshi)
- (ascetic in seclusion): 修験者 (shugensha)
- (itinerant ascetic, textile peddler): 聖方 (hijirikata)
- (itinerant preacher monk): 高野聖 (Kōya hijiri)
Noun
Etymology 4
Etymology 5
Korean
Hanja
聖 (eum 성 (seong))
Vietnamese
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