• 958th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shèng (sheng4)holy • sacred • saint • sage

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

神圣 (神聖)
圣诞 (聖誕)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)

Medium Frequency

大圣 (大聖)
朝圣 (朝聖)
朝圣者 (朝聖者)
 ()
圣人 (聖人)
圣代 (聖代)
圣保罗 (聖保羅)
圣地 (聖地)
圣地亚哥 (聖地亞哥)
圣彼得堡 (聖彼得堡)
圣徒 (聖徒)
圣心 (聖心)
圣手 (聖手)
圣旨 (聖旨)
圣杯 (聖杯)
圣歌 (聖歌)
圣殿 (聖殿)
圣母 (聖母)
圣洁 (聖潔)
圣经 (聖經)
圣者 (聖者)
圣诞树 (聖誕樹)
圣贤 (聖賢)
圣雄 (聖雄)
圣灵 (聖靈)
万圣节 (萬聖節)
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  • 1940th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)worthy or virtuous person • honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
贤内助 (賢內助)
贤惠 (賢惠)

Medium Frequency

奉贤 (奉賢)
奉贤区 (奉賢區)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
圣贤 (聖賢)
见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
贤人 (賢人)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
贤淑 (賢淑)
贤良 (賢良)
进贤 (進賢)
集贤 (集賢)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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