圣

聖
shèng
#958 most
frequent character
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

圣 puts hand 又 with dirt 土, giving the first meaning of working the soil. The sense 'sage' was borrowed for its sound, not from the picture. From there came saint and holy; 圣 is also the simplified form of 聖.

圣 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

圣kū
to dig
圣shèng
old variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]

Homophones

胜shèng
win, defeat, beat, can bear
乘shèng
(archaic) four horse military chariot
盛shèng
flourishing, vigorous, magnificent

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