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 (Kangxi 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)

Further reading

• 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

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》; this character originally meant "to dig", a concept represented by a hand over a lump of earth or clay.

Definitions

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.

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 / 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.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ku
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
    • Yale: kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fat¹
    • Yale: fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwot

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
Baxter	khwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1

• 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

1. ^† to dig

References

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji

圣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (Classical Chinese, rare) to dig

Readings

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

Etymology 2

Kanji

圣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (rare) Alternative form of 聖

Readings

• Kan-on: せい (sei)

Etymology 3

Kanji

圣

(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

Readings

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

Etymology 4

Kanji

圣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Abbreviation of 軽; see below

Readings

• Kan-on: けい (kei)

Symbol

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”).

Usage notes

• 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).

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation