圣

See also: 聖 and 巠

圣 U+5723, 圣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5723 ← 圢 [U+5722] CJK Unified Ideographs 圤 → [U+5724]

Translingual

Han character

圣 (radical 32 土+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水土 (EG), four-corner 1710₄, composition ⿱又土)

Derived characters

• 怪, 𡌪 as phonetic
• 蛏, 柽 as simplification in Chinese
• 経, 軽, 径, 茎, as simplification in Japanese

Usage notes

Simplified from 巠 as component in Japanese shinjitai (eg. in 經 → 経).

References

• KangXi: page 223, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4873
• Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 417, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5723

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
怪	*kruːds
恠	*krɯːs
圣	*kʰuːd

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 + 土.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 圣 – see 聖 (“noble; holy; sacred; etc.”). (This character, 圣, is the simplified and variant form of 聖.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		圣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: k'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰuət̚/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku

• 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

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Japanese

Kanji

圣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei), きょう (kyō)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.