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Kanji for Holy
The kanji for “holy” is 聖, read sei and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
holy
Sacred, pure and noble of heart.
13 strokes On reading セイ、ショウ (sei, shou) Kun reading ひじり (hijiri) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: holy, saint, sage, master, priest
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kiyo, sato, satoshi, shou, se, sei, taka, masa, mi
In Japan it appears in about 652 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 聖: Seth 聖寿 · Ceu 聖羽 · Sena 聖奈 · Thea 聖愛 · Theo 聖央 · Lasse 良聖 · Luise 瑠依聖 · Marce 真瑠聖 · Sebas 聖羽寿 · Senna 聖奈 · Seppo 聖帆 · Sergi 聖瑠陽 and 52 more
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