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聖

Level IX of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1072 / 2,608

Holy

On’yomi
せい
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
耳 Ear (Kangxi 128)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 哲 (Philosophy), less common than 肌 (Skin).

An ear on the left hears, a mouth speaks below, and a king rules on the right -- an ear that hears divine words, a mouth that speaks them, serving the king makes one holy.

In words

聖書 せいしょ Bible;scripturesN1
神聖 しんせい holiness;sacredness;dignityN1

聖 is rank 1072 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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