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聖 means 'holy'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 897   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-7    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 108 words   Used in 146 words   Used in 1047 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   セイ
On    ショウ
Kun    ひじり holy, saint, sage, master, priest
Name    きよ   さと   さとし   せ   たか   ただ   ひろ   まさ   み
⿱  ⿰   ear   mouth   king  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 聖 is used 4 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 聖 is used 146 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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セイ : 133 words FIND ALL
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Bible; scriptures
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ショウ : 7 words FIND ALL
noun
1. Buddha  (Buddhist term; honorific)
2. high-ranked bodhisattva  (Buddhist term)
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
Chakravartin; ideal universal ruler (in Indian religions)  (see also: 転輪王)
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ひじり : 4 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. highly virtuous monk
2. monk  (honorific)
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み: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
God's will (in Christianity)  (obscure term)
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An additional み less common words include 聖 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 922 (originally: 911)  Joy o' Kanji : 911  Key to Kanji: 604 

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セイ    holy   
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ジ   みみ ear   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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