Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: holy, saint, sage, master, priest

Kunyomi: ひじり

Onyomi: セイ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みみ

Meaning: ear

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

書(せいしょ)   Bible

歌(せいか)   hymn

人(せいじん)   saint [n.]

母(せいぼ)   Virgin Mary

火(せいか)   sacred fire, Olympic flame

域(せいいき)   sacred precincts

な(しんせいな)   holy, sacred, consecrated

Onyomi Examples

セイ Saint, St., S., sacred, holy, pure

セイイキ sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground, holy ground, issue that is regarded as being off-limits, matter that is not up for discussion

キセイ great master of go, great master of shogi

アセイ sage of the second order

精霊 ショウリョウ spirit of the deceased

セイジャ saint

ダイショウ Buddha, high-ranked bodhisattva

仏餉 ブッショウ rice offered to Buddha

Kunyomi Examples

ひじり highly virtuous monk, monk, Buddhist solitary, Buddhist missionary, saint (i.e. a virtuous person), emperor, master, expert

ひじりづか sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra, plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

高野 こうやひじり Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk), Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)