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
- —聖痕stigmata
- —聖告Annunciation
- —三聖three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade)
- —聖遷Hegira; Hejira; Hijra
- —聖剣holy sword; sacred sword
- —聖血blood of Christ
- —列聖canonization; establishment of sainthood
- —剣聖master swordsman
- —聖具sacred utensil
- —聖都Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
- —聖楽church music; sacred music
- —聖菓Christmas cake
- —聖樹holy tree; sacred tree; Christmas tree
- —聖所sanctuary; inner sanctum
- —聖祭Catholic rite (e.g. mass); hierurgy
- —聖座Holy See
- —医聖great doctor; sage physician
- —聖殿sacred shrine; sanctuary
- —聖帝virtuous emperor
- —聖骨saint's bones; sacred bones