Chinese symbol for “peerless”
圣
shèng
Traditional: 聖
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peerless is 圣 (shèng), defined as: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “peerless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绝代 (絕代) | jué dài | peerless; unmatched in his generation |
| 寡二少双 (寡二少雙) | guǎ èr shǎo shuāng | peerless; second to none (idiom) |
| 绝伦 (絕倫) | jué lún | outstanding; peerless |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peerless”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.