圣(shèng): (literary) to dig with persistent effort…

HSK 65 strokesTrad. 聖

(literary) to dig with persistent effort…

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诞节神贤亚入大朝

Character informationHSK 6

Pinyin: shèng
Meaning: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
Strokes: 5
HSK level: HSK 6
Traditional: 聖

Origin & structureWhere 圣 comes from

Ideograph⿱又土

Simplified form of 聖; a king 王 of listening 耳 and speaking口

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

又yòu 土tǔ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 聖: A ruler 王 who speaks 口 and listens 耳

Words with 圣

shèng圣dàn诞 jié节

HSK 6

Christmas time

shén神shèng圣

HSK 7-9

divine

shèng圣xián贤

HSK 7-9

a sage

yà亚shèng圣

Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies

rù入shèng圣

to become an arhat (Buddhism)

dà大shèng圣

great sage; mahatma; king; emperor; outstanding personage; Buddha

cháo朝shèng圣

to make a pilgrimage

wǔ武shèng圣

the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 关羽)

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