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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
to dig
Review: No, that's only for if this graph is pronounced as "kū". Otherwise, I would make a new definition for this.
Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, components
Original meaning: to dig
Depicts a hand (又) digging a lump of dirt (土). But, now 圣 is used as simplified form of 聖.
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
說文解字
《說文》：“圣，汝潁之閒，謂致力於地曰圣。从土，从又。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)