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聖

shèng

sage, holy

Depicts listening (耳) to what is spoken (口). 𡈼 represents the sound.

Components
耳 iconic component

耳  Iconic component

ěr

  

ear

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

𡈼 sound component

𡈼  Sound component

tǐng

  

stand upright

Evolution

聖 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
聖 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
聖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
聖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

圣 (聖) 

shèng

holy, sacred; sage; holy; sacred; saint

Most common words with 聖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

圣诞

Christmas

圣

holy

圣诞节

Christmas time

圣诞老人

Father Christmas

神圣

divine

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥eŋ-s

syengH

shèng

sage (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 46.1317% of movies

541st most common character in movies

960th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

圣

Unicode

U+8056

Shuowen

“聖，通也。从耳，呈聲。”


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