Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
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

Speed

Stroke order

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

6 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert
Kun:
むねうま.い
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旨意 【シイ】 intent, purpose, aim
  • 旨趣 【シシュ】 objective, purport, intent
  • 本旨 【ホンシ】 main object, principal object, true aim
  • 宗旨 【シュウシ】 tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith, one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences

Kun reading compounds

  • 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
  • 旨とする 【むねとする】 to make it a principle to ..., to aim at doing
  • その旨 【そのむね】 (words to) that effect
  • 御旨 【みむね】 God's will
  • 上手い 【うまい】 skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate, delicious, tasty, good, nice, good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
  • うまい汁 【うまいしる】 the lion's share, the cream

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi3
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • principio
  • idea
  • significado
  • delicioso
  • habilidoso
  • es decir

Portuguese

  • delicioso
  • sabor
  • mostra um gosto para
  • vontade
  • inteligente
  • perito

French

  • délicieux
  • très bien
  • savoureux
  • avoir un penchant pour
  • portée
  • volonté
  • intelligent
  • expert
1312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
752 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1069 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1403 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
263 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1081 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1349 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
232 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2516 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1744 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
465 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13738 Morohashi
2024 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2414 New Nelson (John Haig)
455 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
493 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1077 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1278 2001 Kanji
4c2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2160.1 Four corner code
2260.1 Four corner code
1-27-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e8 Unicode hex code