| 圣德太子 |
Shèng dé Tài zǐ |
Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飞鸟时代, proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint |
| 圣 |
kū |
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables) |
| 圣 |
shèng |
variant of 圣 |
| 圣 |
shèng |
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred |
| 德 |
Dé |
Germany / German / abbr. for 德国 |
| 德 |
dé |
virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind |
| 德 |
dé |
variant of 德 |
| 德 |
dé |
variant of 德 |
| 太 |
tài |
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太子 |
tài zǐ |
crown prince |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |