聖句

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	句
せい Grade: 6	く Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese 聖句 (MC ɕiᴇŋ^H kɨo^H, literally “holy, sacred + sentences, phrases”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーく [séꜜèkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

聖句 (hiragana せいく, rōmaji seiku)

a holy or sacred text
(Christianity) Scripture, a passage of Scripture
(figuratively) a bible for something
70年 (ななじゅうねん)代 (だい)ではあの本 (ほん)はサラリーマンの聖 (せい)句 (く)でした。
Nanajū nendai de wa ano hon wa sararīman no seiku deshita.
During the 70s, that book was the salaryman's bible.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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