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圣德太子

Shèng dé Tài zǐ

4-character word Traditional 聖德太子

What 圣德太子 means

1. Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period {飞鸟时代|Fēi niǎo Shí dài}, proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint

The characters in 圣德太子

• 圣shèng(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 德dévirtue; goodness; morality
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子