Moto 聖: Holy; Saint; SageKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- ひじり
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 162 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)
- 棋聖きせいgreat master of go; great master of shogi
- 聖域せいいきsacred precincts; sanctuary
- 聖地せいちsacred place; holy ground
- 聖書せいしょBible; the Scriptures
- 聖戦せいせんholy war; crusade
- 聖火せいかsacred fire; sacred flame
- 聖堂せいどう(Confucian) temple; church
- 神聖しんせいholiness; sacredness
- 聖職者せいしょくしゃclergyman; churchman
- 新約聖書しんやくせいしょNew Testament
- 聖人せいじんsaint
- 聖典せいてんsacred scripture; sacred book
- 聖教せいきょうsacred teachings; Confucianism
- 聖歌せいかhymn; chant
- 聖母せいぼholy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman)
- 聖者せいじゃsaint
- オリンピック聖火オリンピックせいかOlympic flame; Olympic torch
- グレゴリオ聖歌グレゴリオせいかGregorian chant
- 七十人訳聖書しちじゅうにんやくせいしょSeptuagint
- 万聖節ばんせいせつAll Saints' Day; All Hallows' Day
- 三聖さんせいthree enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages
- 五輪聖火ごりんせいかOlympic torch
- 亜聖あせいsage of the second order
- 仏聖ぶっしょうrice offered to Buddha
- 保護の聖人ほごのせいじんpatron saint
- 俳聖はいせいfamous haiku poet; the poet Basho
- 先聖せんせいancient sage (esp. Confucius)
- 八聖道はっしょうどうnoble eightfold path
- 列聖れっせいcanonization; establishment of sainthood
- 剣聖けんせいmaster swordsman
- 医聖いせいgreat doctor; sage physician
- 古聖こせいancient sage
- 司教座聖堂しきょうざせいどうcathedral
- 四聖しせいthe four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
- 四聖諦ししょうたいThe Four Noble Truths
- 大聖たいせいgreat sage
- 大聖堂だいせいどうcathedral
- 守護聖人しゅごせいじんpatron saint
- 旧新約聖書きゅうしんやくせいしょOld and New Testaments
- 旧約聖書きゅうやくせいしょOld Testament
- 書聖しょせいfamous or accomplished calligrapher
- 末日聖徒まつじつせいとLatter-day Saints
- 末日聖徒イエスキリスト教会まつじつせいとイエスキリストきょうかいThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 楽聖がくせいcelebrated musician; master musician
- 欽定訳聖書きんていやくせいしょKing James Bible; King James Version
- 歌聖かせいgreat poet
- 画聖がせいmaster painter; great artist
- 神聖ローマ帝国しんせいローマていこくHoly Roman Empire (800-1806)
- 神聖化しんせいかsanctification; consecration
- 神聖同盟しんせいどうめいHoly Alliance (of Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1815)
- 神聖戦争しんせいせんそうSacred War
- 神聖視しんせいしregarding as sacred; apotheosis
- 聖せいSaint; St.
- 聖なるせいなるholy; sacred
- 聖エルモの火せいエルモのひSt Elmo's fire
- 聖ニコラスせいニコラスSaint Nicholas
- 聖上せいじょうthe Emperor; His Majesty the Emperor
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 聖の御代ひじりのみよhighly-esteemed emperor's reign
Other readings
- 日本二十六聖人にほんにじゅうろくせいじんTwenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 at Nagasaki
- 神聖文字しんせいもじhieroglyph; hieroglyphics
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