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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, se, sei
In Japan it appears in about 652 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 聖: Josefina 世聖陽七 · Jose 帆聖 · Joseph 恕聖富 · Zane 聖音 · Cecil 聖詞瑠 · Ethel 笑聖瑠 · Hazel 瑛聖瑠 · Hosea 帆聖明 · Josef 恕聖富 · Moses 茂聖澄 · Selma 聖瑠満 · Zelda 聖瑠那 and 50 more
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