聖 shèng
: holy; sacred
: saint; sage
Kun Reading
聖 | ひじり hijiri
noun
: highly virtuous monk
: (Honorific or respectful language) monk
: Buddhist solitary
: Buddhist missionary
: saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
: (Archaism) (Honorific or respectful language) emperor
: master; expert
On Reading
聖 | せい sei
noun | noun prefix
: Saint; St.; S.;
: sacred; holy; pure
聖誕節 [圣诞节] sheng4dan4 jie2: Christmas
[聖誕祭 | せいたんさい seitansai: Christmas
: holy birthday]
聖經 [圣经] sheng4jing1: Holy Bible; the Confucian classics
[聖書 | せいしょ seisho: Bible]聖餐 [圣] sheng4can1: Holy communion (of the Christian mass); sacrament
[聖餐 | せいざん seizan OR せいさん seisan: Holy Communion; Lord’s Supper; Eucharist]
聖賢 [圣贤] sheng4xian2: a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
[聖賢 | せいけん seiken: saints and sages]
聖[圣]地 sheng4di4: holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
[聖地 | せいち seichi: sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land]
聖戰 [圣战] sheng4zhan4: Holy war; jihad
朝聖[圣] chao2sheng4: to make a pilgrimage
Chinese expression | idiom
殷憂啟聖 [殷忧启圣] yin1 you1 qi3 sheng4
: deep suffering can lead to enlightenment; storms make oaks take deeper root
会意 Associative Compound.
Man 壬 (ren2: 9th heavenly stem) with
good speech 口 (kou3: mouth) and
listening 耳 (er3: ear) skills.
簡體 Simplified.
圣. Created as generic character simplification #96 (聖 » 圣).
Historical Variant
堊 e4: white earth; to whitewash; to plaster
Examples:
聖書にこう書いてある。
せいしょにこうかいてある seisho ni kou kaite aru
The Bible has it written like this.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
