Kanji Details:
- 聖
- Frequency:1165
- Kun: ひじり
- On: セイ, ショウ
- Meaning: holy, saint, sage, master, priest
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 棋聖 きせい great master of go (shogi) 聖域 せいいき sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground 聖書 せいしょ Bible, scriptures 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 (torch); Olympic flame 聖堂 せいどう (Confucian) temple, church, sanctuary 神聖 しんせい holiness, sacredness, dignity 聖職者 せいしょくしゃ clergyman, churchman, clergy 聖母 せいぼ birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary