Chinese Character 聖 Meanings and components.

Form

聖

Meaning

聖 meaning[3] in English

Holy.

Sacred.

Saint.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 聖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𦔻) , and surname Wang (王)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with SRHG

How to write 聖

To write聖sheng4holy you should write a combination of 𦔻𦔻5 , 王wang2surname Wang arranged in a 吕 shape:

𦔻 + 王 = 聖

聖 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 聖 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 聖, looks as follow:

聖
Pinyin:sheng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Holy . Sacred . Saint . Sage
𦔻
Pinyin:𦔻5
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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