圣 — Chinese character
圣
shèng
holy, sacred; sage, saint
- Pinyin
- shèng
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 又 土
- Formation
- ideographic — Simplified form of 聖; a king 王 of listening 耳 and speaking口
- Traditional
- 聖
- Japanese
- 圣 as a kanji
Common words with 圣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神圣 (神聖) | shén shèng | divine; hallow |
| 圣人 (聖人) | shèng rén | sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius) |
| 圣母 (聖母) | shèng mǔ | goddess |
| 圣地 (聖地) | shèng dì | holy land (of a religion); sacred place |
| 圣殿 (聖殿) | shèng diàn | temple |
| 圣战 (聖戰) | shèng zhàn | Holy war; jihad |
| 圣火 (聖火) | shèng huǒ | sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame |
| 朝圣 (朝聖) | cháo shèng | to make a pilgrimage |
| 大圣 (大聖) | dà shèng | great sage; mahatma |
| 圣洁 (聖潔) | shèng jié | pure and holy |
| 圣徒 (聖徒) | shèng tú | saint |
| 圣水 (聖水) | shèng shuǐ | holy water |
English words written with 圣
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.