聖水

See also: 圣水

Chinese

 
holy; sacred; saint; sage
water; river
trad. (聖水)
simp. (圣水)

Pronunciation


Noun

聖水

  1. holy water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 6
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Origin unclear. May have been coined in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, or may have been borrowed from Chinese.

Uncommon term. Not included in some monolingual dictionaries.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

聖水 (hiragana せいすい, rōmaji seisui)

  1. (Christianity, Catholicism) holy water

Coordinate terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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