聖
聖 — seong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
How 聖 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 聖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 耳, 呈.
Korean example words with 聖
- 성의聖意 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻
- 성지聖旨 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻
- 성충聖衷 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻
- 성산聖山 Korean gloss: 성스러운 산
- 성업聖業 Korean gloss: 거룩한 사업
- 성역聖域 Korean gloss: 신성한 지역
- 성직聖職 Korean gloss: 거룩한 직분
- 성총聖聰 Korean gloss: 임금의 총명
- 성총聖寵 Korean gloss: 임금의 은총
- 성세聖洗 Korean gloss: 세례를 받는 일
- 성택聖澤 Korean gloss: 임금의 은택(恩澤)
- 성무聖務 Korean gloss: 교회의 성스러운 의무
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 聖
- 棋聖きせい great master of go; great master of shogi
- 聖域せいいき sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground
- 聖書せいしょ Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
- 聖地せいち sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land
- 聖戦せいせん holy war; crusade
- 聖火せいか sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame
- 聖堂せいどう (Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
- 神聖しんせい holiness; sacredness; sanctity
- 聖職者せいしょくしゃ clergyman; churchman; clergy
- 聖母せいぼ mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary
- 聖人せいじん saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher
- 聖歌せいか sacred song; hymn; chant
Characters sharing the phonetic 呈
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “성”
Other hanja with radical 耳
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences