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shèng

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shèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shèng | sheng4
English translation
holy, sacred; sage, saint

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About shèng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

shèng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A ruler  Wáng  who speaks  kǒu  and listens  ěr

Etymology of shèng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰耳口王

Explanation

Simplified form of shèng . Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and chéng represents the sound.

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Words with shèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
圣诞 Shèng dàn Christmas聖誕
shèng holy shèng
圣诞节 Shèng dàn jié Christmas time聖誕節
圣诞老人 Shèng dàn Lǎo rén Father Christmas聖誕老人
神圣 shénshèng divine神聖
圣经 Shèng jīng Holy Bible聖經
圣人 shèng rén saint聖人
圣诞树 Shèng dàn shù Christmas tree聖誕樹
圣母 Shèng mǔ the Virgin Mary聖母
圣地 shèng dì shrine聖地
圣地亚哥 Shèng dì yà gē Santiago, capital of Chile聖地亞哥
圣洁 shèng jié pure and holy聖潔
圣火 shèng huǒ sacred fire聖火
圣殿 shèng diàn temple聖殿
圣灵 Shèng líng Holy Ghost聖靈
圣彼得堡 Shèng Bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)聖彼得堡
圣保罗 Shèng bǎo luó St Paul聖保羅
朝圣 cháo shèng to make a pilgrimage朝聖
圣徒 shèng tú saint聖徒
圣旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict聖旨
万圣节 Wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival)萬聖節
圣水 shèng shuǐ holy water聖水
圣贤 shèng xián a sage聖賢
圣父 Shèng Fù Holy Father聖父
圣路易斯 Shèng lù yì sī St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri聖路易斯

shèng Decomposition & Compounds

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