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Unorthodox variant of 聖 found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionaries 《俗書刊誤》 and 《字學三正》; this character originally meant "to dig", a concept represented by a hand over a lump of earth or clay.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 圣 – see 聖 (“noble; holy; sacred; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of聖).
Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Shuowen Jiezi: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 又 + 土. Hence, two hands are visibile between a lump of earth or clay, meaning "to dig". Today, only one right hand is visibile on top.
Besides the above usage, this character is not used in modern Japanese. However, it is found as a simplified component of 巠 in Japanese shinjitai (eg. in 經 → 経).
References
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