Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 6 freq #1165

holy, saint, sage, master, priest

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

ear mimi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

great master of go; great master of shogi
sacred precincts; sanctuary
Bible; the Scriptures
sacred place; holy ground
holy war; crusade
sacred fire; sacred flame
(Confucian) temple; church
holiness; sacredness
clergyman; churchman
mother of a holy person

Example sentences

Much wisdom is to be found in the Bible.

My grandfather will have read the Bible ten times if he reads it again.

This is holy ground.

I also heard that it'd been awful around the Olympic Flame.