Kanji1 / 13
聖 kanji
holy, saint, sage, master, priest
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
セイショウ
Kun readings
ひじり
Variant forms
垩Words with 聖
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —聖哲wise man
- —聖徒saint; Christian
- —聖教sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
- —聖恩imperial blessings or favor (favour)
- —聖跡holy site
- —聖像sacred image; icon
- —聖徳imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
- —聖廟Confucian temple
- —聖壇altar
- —聖職esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
- —詩聖great poet
- —聖算Emperor's age
- —聖女saint; holy woman
- —聖卓altar (esp. Christian)
- —聖獣sacred beast
- —聖槍holy lance; sacred spear
- —聖櫃Ark of the Covenant (Judaism); tabernacle (Catholicism)
- —聖杯chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
- —聖句scripture; passage from scripture
- —聖水holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)