聖

聖 — holy, saint, sage

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 13
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #1165 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せい sei

しょう shou
Kun'yomi: ひじり hijiri

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 聖

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