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聖

JLPT N1 SL6 13 strokes Frequency: #1165

Meanings

Holy, Saint, Sage, Master, Priest

Radicals

耳

Decomposition

⿱⿰耳口王

Etymology

Ideographic: A ruler 王 who speaks 口 and listens 耳

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal left-to-right

5 rising bottom-to-top

6 vertical right-to-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 corner right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 vertical top-to-bottom

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セイ sei

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひじり hijiri

Words Using This Kanji

185 words total

Other (20 words)

画聖がせい

master painter

旧新約聖書きゅうしんやくせいしょ

Old and New Testaments

旧約聖書きゅうやくせいしょ

Old Testament

古聖こせい

ancient sage

五輪聖火ごりんせいか

Olympic torch

七十人訳聖書しちじゅうにんやくせいしょ

Septuagint

新約聖書しんやくせいしょ

New Testament

神聖しんせい

holiness

聖歌隊せいかたい

choir

聖断せいだん

imperial decision

聖霊せいれい

the Holy Ghost

聖週せいしゅう

Holy Week

聖典せいてん

sacred scripture

聖域せいいき

sacred precincts

聖人せいじん

saint

聖堂せいどう

(Confucian) temple

聖エルモの火せいエルモのひ

St Elmo's fire

聖書せいしょ

Bible

聖伝せいでん

(Catholic) tradition

歌聖かせい

great poet

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