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聖

13 strokes
Radical:
ear 耳
Parts:
口 王 耳
Variants:
垩
holy, saint, sage, master, priest
Kun:
ひじり
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 聖 【セイ】 Saint, St., S., sacred, holy, pure
  • 聖域 【セイイキ】 sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground, holy ground, issue that is regarded as being off-limits, matter that is not up for discussion
  • 棋聖 【キセイ】 great master of go, great master of shogi
  • 亜聖 【アセイ】 sage of the second order
  • 精霊 【ショウリョウ】 spirit of the deceased
  • 聖者 【セイジャ】 saint
  • 大聖 【ダイショウ】 Buddha, high-ranked bodhisattva
  • 仏餉 【ブッショウ】 rice offered to Buddha

Kun reading compounds

  • 聖 【ひじり】 highly virtuous monk, monk, Buddhist solitary, Buddhist missionary, saint (i.e. a virtuous person), emperor, master, expert
  • 聖心 【せいしん】 Sacred Heart
  • 高野聖 【こうやひじり】 Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk), Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 さと、 さとし、 せ、 たか、 ただ、 ひろ、 まさ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sabio
  • relacionado con cristianismo

Portuguese

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sábio
  • mestre
  • padre

French

  • saint
  • sage
  • maître
  • prêtre
824 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
922 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
911 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1306 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
663 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1663 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2030 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1583 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3509 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
833 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29074P Morohashi
2830 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4727 New Nelson (John Haig)
825 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
888 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
962 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
4f9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
1610.4 Four corner code
1-32-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8056 Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

暦

14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
厂 广 日 木 麻
Variants:
厯 曆
calendar, almanac
Kun:
こよみ
On:
レキ、 リャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暦 【コヨミ】 calendar, almanac
  • 暦年 【レキネン】 calendar year, civil year, time, year after year
  • 還暦 【カンレキ】 kanreki, one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
  • 改暦 【カイレキ】 calendar reform, adoption of a new calendar system, new calendar (for a new year), new year
  • 暦応 【リャクオウ】 Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court; 1338.8.28-1342.4.27), Rekiō era
  • 暦仁 【リャクニン】 Ryakunin era (1238.11.23-1239.2.7)
  • 永暦 【エイリャク】 Eiryaku era (1160.1.10-1161.9.4)
  • 康暦 【コウリャク】 Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court; 1379.3.22-1381.2.24)

Kun reading compounds

  • 暦 【こよみ】 calendar, almanac
  • 暦改正 【こよみかいせい】 calendar reform

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeog

Spanish

  • calendario
  • almanaque

Portuguese

  • calendário
  • almanaque

French

  • calendrier
  • almanach
1927 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1793 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
833 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1383 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1411 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2235 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1534 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1635 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1720 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
980 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3747 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2599 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
217 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14111P Morohashi
3018 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2507 New Nelson (John Haig)
213 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
226 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1707 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3378 2001 Kanji
2p12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-12 SKIP code
7126.9 Four corner code
1-46-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66a6 Unicode hex code