聖上

Chinese

holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
trad. (聖上)
simp. (圣上)
anagram 上聖上圣

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (26) (25) (25)
Final () (121) (105) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter syengH dzyangX dzyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇŋH/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋX/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛŋH/ /d͡ʑiɐŋX/ /d͡ʑiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiæŋH/ /d͡ʑiɑŋX/ /d͡ʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajŋH/ /d͡ʑɨaŋX/ /d͡ʑɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛŋH/ /ʑiaŋX/ /ʑiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛŋH/ /ʑĭaŋX/ /ʑĭaŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛŋH/ /ʑi̯aŋX/ /ʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèng shàng shàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing3 soeng6 soeng6

Noun

聖上

  1. Your Majesty; His Majesty (courtier's or minister's form of address for the current emperor)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 6
じょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーじょー [sèéjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

(せい)(じょう) • (seijōせいじやう (seizyau)?

  1. His Majesty (form of address for the reigning emperor)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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