聖人

See also: 圣人

Chinese

Pronunciation 1
 
holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 man; person; people
trad. (聖人) 聖 人
simp. (圣人) 圣 人

Rime
Character 聖 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 式正切 如鄰切
Baxter syiengH nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiᴇŋH/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiɛŋH/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiæŋH/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiajŋH/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiɛŋH/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭɛŋH/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛŋH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shèng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sing3 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聖 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shèng rén
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syengH › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥eŋ-s/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English sage (n.) (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聖 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11391 10800
Phonetic
component		 聖 人
Rime
group		 耕 眞
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 聖 仁
Old
Chinese		 /*hljeŋs/ /*njin/
Notes 甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意，
非呈聲

Noun

聖人

  1. sage; wise man
  2. (Christianity) saint
  3. (archaic) the Emperor
  4. (Buddhism) enlightened individual; Buddha; bodhisattva
Synonyms
  • (sage): 至人 (zhìrén)
  • (saint): (Dungan) олия (olii͡a)
Derived terms

Proper noun

聖人

  1. (honorific) Alternative name for 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ, “Confucius”).

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (聖人):

See also

Pronunciation 2
 
holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 man; person; people
trad. (聖人) 聖 人
simp. (圣人) 圣 人
alternative forms 聖儂／圣侬

Noun

聖人

  1. (Min Nan, euphemistic) dead person
    做聖人／做圣人 [Hokkien]  ―  chò siàⁿ-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to die
Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
聖 人
せい
Grade: 6		 じん
Grade: 1
kan’on
Kanji in this term
聖 人
しょう
Grade: 6		 にん
Grade: 1
goon

From 聖 (shō, sei, “holy; sacred”) +‎ 人 (nin, jin, “person”), from Chinese 聖人／圣人 (shèngrén).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーにん [shóꜜònìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

聖(しょう)人(にん) • (shōnin) ←しやうにん (syaunin)?

  1. (Buddhism) a term used to refer to Buddha or a bodhisattva
  2. (Buddhism) an enlightened Buddhist

(alternative reading hiragana せいじん, rōmaji seijin)

  1. a sage; a wise man
  2. a saint; a holy man
    • 2008 July 16 [Jan 23 2008], Nakamura, Hikaru, “その３　もうひとつの楽園(パラダイス) [Chapter 3: Just Another Paradise]”, in 聖(セイント)☆おにいさん [Saint☆Young Men], volume 1 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha:
      お客様 成人男性２名ですと８千円ですが……
      あ じゃあ その      ——
      聖人男性２枚で……
      O-kyaku-sama seijin dansei ni-mei desu to hachisen-en desu ga……
      A jā sono——
      Seijin dansei ni-mai de……
      It would be 8,000 yen for 2 adult men(seijin), sirs……
      Oh, in that case——
      We’d like 2 holy man(seijin) tickets, please……

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
聖 人
まさ
Grade: 6		 と
Grade: 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

聖(まさ)人(と) • (Masato) 

  1. a male given name

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
聖人

Noun

聖人 • (seong'in) (hangeul 성인)

  1. Hanja form? of 성인 (“saint; holy man”).
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