Hanja Analyzer
聖

聖 — seong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
성인 성
Romanization
seong
English
holy, sacred; sage
Mandarin
shèng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ショウ, セント
Japanese kun'yomi
ひじり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,165 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Variant forms
垩
Radical
耳 (128, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
呈
Unicode
U+8056

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