圣

圣 U+5723, 圣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5723 ← 圢 [U+5722] CJK Unified Ideographs 圤 → [U+5724]

Stroke order

圣 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水土 (EG), four-corner 1710₄, composition ⿱又土)

• 怪, 𡌪 (Used as phonetic component)
• 柽, 蛏 (Simplified Chinese characters with 聖 component simplified to 圣)
• 径, 経, 軽, 茎 (Japanese shinjitai characters with 巠 component simplified to 圣)
• 𠱅, 𢫞, 𣲾, 㹩, 𫔽, 𦙾, 䇈, 𫒔, 𭭬, 壡, 𠡍, 頚, 𫞬

• 聖 (Orthodox traditional form of 圣)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 223, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4873
• Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 417, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5723

Unorthodox variant of 聖 found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionaries 《俗書刊誤》 and 《字學三正》; this character originally meant "to dig", a concept represented by a hand over a lump of earth or clay.

For pronunciation and definitions of 圣 – see 聖 (“noble; holy; sacred; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 聖).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01605#34

simp. and trad.		圣

Shuowen Jiezi: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 + 土. Hence, two hands are visibile between a lump of earth or clay, meaning "to dig". Today, only one right hand is visibile on top.

圣

1. ^† to dig

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01605

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (Classical Chinese, rare) to dig

• On (unclassified): くつ (kutsu)、こつ (kotsu)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (rare) Alternative form of 聖

• Kan-on: せい (sei)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (dated) Alternative form of 経
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     Yotsuya Mitsuke keika

     via Yotsuya Mitsuke

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     15分(じゅうごふん)圣過(けいか)

     jū-go-fun keika

     after 15 minutes

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Abbreviation of 軽; see below

• Kan-on: けい (kei)

Kanji in this term
圣
けい Hyōgai
kan'on

圣(けい) • (kei) 

1. (Kumamoto, in parking spaces) Abbreviation of 軽, referring to 軽自動車 (kei-jidōsha, “light vehicle”).^[1][2]

• Besides the above usage, this character is not used in modern Japanese. However, it is found as a simplified component of 巠 in Japanese shinjitai (eg. in 經 → 経).

圣: Hán Việt readings: thánh
圣: Nôm readings: thánh

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