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Chinese
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holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage |
worthy (person)
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| trad. (聖賢)
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聖
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賢
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| simp. (圣贤)
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圣
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贤
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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聖
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賢
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shèng
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xián
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syengH ›
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‹ hen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥eŋ-s/
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/*ˁi/
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| English
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sage (n.)
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worthy
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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聖
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賢
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11391
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1337
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Phonetic
component
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聖
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臣
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Rime
group
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耕
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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聖
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賢
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljeŋs/
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/*ɡiːn/
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| Notes
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甲金文象人張耳對口會耳聰意，
非呈聲
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Noun
聖賢
- (literary) sage; saint
Derived terms
Descendants