聖 – holy, saint, sage

13 strokesTaught in grade 6#1165 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 聖 means holy, saint, sage, master, priest. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ショウ (sei, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひじり (hijiri). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 耳 (no. 128).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	ひじり	hijiri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 耳 (Kangxi radical 128). Components: 王・口・耳.

Words using 聖

神聖しんせいholiness聖書せいしょBible

Example sentences

インドでは牛は神聖な動物です。

In India, the cow is a sacred animal.

Tatoeba #228377

君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。

You should swear on the Bible.

Tatoeba #177103

Kanji with the same radical

職聞聴耳聳耽

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.