圣

See also: 聖 and 巠

圣	U+5723, 圣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5723

← 圢
[U+5722]

CJK Unified Ideographs

圤 →
[U+5724]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

Related characters

聖 (Orthodox traditional form of 圣)

References

KangXi: page 223, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4873
Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 417, character 15
Unihan data for U+5723

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 聖 found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionaries 《俗書刊誤》 and 《字學三正》.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 圣 – see 聖 (“noble; holy; sacred; etc.”). (This character, 圣, is the simplified and variant form of 聖.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

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

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		圣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 圣
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (圣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
怪	*kruːds
恠	*krɯːs
圣	*kʰuːd

Shuowen Jiezi: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 又 + 土.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
  - Wade–Giles: k'u¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ku
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kʰuət̚/▼

Rime
Character	圣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦骨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	圣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7503
Phonetic component	圣
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窟
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːd/

Definitions

圣

^† to dig

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

圣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

holy
Alternative form of 経.

Readings

On (unclassified): けい (kei), きょう (kyō)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. However, it may be found as a simplified component of 巠 in Japanese shinjitai (eg. in 經 → 経).

Vietnamese

Han character

圣 (thánh)

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References

Nom Foundation

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