神聖

See also: 神圣

Chinese

 
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (神聖) 神 聖
simp. (神圣) 神 圣
anagram 聖神/圣神

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 神 聖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 船 (27) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 食鄰切 式正切
Baxter zyin syengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiɪn/ /ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑin/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjen/ /ɕiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑin/ /ɕiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiĕn/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭĕn/ /ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shén shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san4 sing3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 神 聖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shén shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyin › ‹ syengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.li[n]/ /*l̥eŋ-s/
English spirit sage (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 神 聖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11245 11391
Phonetic
component
申 聖
Rime
group
眞 耕
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
神 聖
Old
Chinese
/*hlin/ /*hljeŋs/
Notes 甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意,
非呈聲

Adjective

神聖

  1. sacred; holy

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神聖):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 聖
しん
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
神聖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 神聖 (MC zyin syengH).

Pronunciation

Adjective

神(しん)聖(せい) • (shinsei) -na (adnominal 神(しん)聖(せい)な (shinsei na), adverbial 神(しん)聖(せい)に (shinsei ni))

  1. holy, sacred
    • 2015 January 10, “ホーリー・ナイト・ドラゴン [Holy Night Dragon]”, in 決闘者の栄光 -記憶の断片- side:武藤遊戯 [Duelist Road -Piece of Memory- side: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:
      聖(せい)なる炎(ほのお)で悪(あ)しき者(もの)を焼(や)きはらう、神(しん)聖(せい)な力(ちから)を持(も)つドラゴン。
      Seinaru honō de ashiki mono o yakiharau, shinsei na chikara o motsu doragon.
      A dragon with holy powers, who will burn away the wicked with its sacred flames.

Inflection

Noun

神(しん)聖(せい) • (shinsei) 

  1. holiness, sacredness, sanctity

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/神聖 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/神聖)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
神聖

Noun

神聖 • (sinseong) (hangeul 신성)

  1. Hanja form? of 신성 (“holiness, sacredness”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神聖

Noun

神聖

  1. chữ Hán form of thần thánh (“gods and saints”).

Adjective

神聖

  1. chữ Hán form of thần thánh (“sacred; holy”).
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