shèng HSK6

sage, holy

(聖) shèng frequency
holy noun
holy, sacred, or divine

The Olympic flame has been lit in the stadium's main cauldron.

peerless adjective
unsurpassed in wisdom, moral virtue, or skill

This master artist's painting skills have reached a divine level of perfection.

sage noun
a peerless individual, paragon, or master of a skill

Du Fu is honored by later generations as the 'Sage of Poetry.'

dig adjective
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)

The poor went to the wilderness to gather wild vegetables, barely managing to fill their stomachs.

Frequency

Character
Written text
960th most common 173.7 per million
Movie subtitles
541st most common 259.9 per million appears in 46% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
66.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
41.4 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5723

Sources