Word Meaning 聖天

しょうてん shouten

聖天 is read as しょうてん (shouten) and means Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon).

Meaning

English

Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)

Reading

Kana

しょうてん

Romaji

shouten

Writing Variants

聖天しょうでん shouden

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 100483 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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聖母被昇天

せいぼひしょうてん

Assumption of Mary (August 15)

聖天子

せいてんし

virtuous emperor

聖書

せいしょ

Bible

聖人

せいじん

refined sake

聖者

せいじゃ

saint

聖母

せいぼ

mother of a holy person

聖地

せいち

real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

聖戦

せいせん

holy war

聖域

せいいき

issue that is regarded as being off-limits

聖火

せいか

Olympic flame

聖職者

せいしょくしゃ

clergyman

聖堂

せいどう

(Confucian) temple