聖せい心しん

also: ひじりごころ · みこころ

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

Sacred Heart

Christianity

Christian term referring to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, often used in the names of churches, schools, and devotions.

聖せい心しん女じょ子し学がく院いんは東とう京きょうにあるカトリック系けいの学がっ校こうです。
Sacred Heart Girls' School is a Catholic school in Tokyo.
6月がつは聖せい心しんの月つきとして知しられています。
June is known as the month of the Sacred Heart.

Kanji

聖holy, saint, sage
心heart, mind, spirit

Related words

御み心こころ
御心 is a broader term for 'God's will' or 'divine heart' in Christian and general religious contexts, while 聖心 specifically refers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Written forms

聖心Usage100%
- せいしん
  Standard kanji form for the Christian term 'Sacred Heart'. The reading せいしん is the most common.
- ひじりごころ
  Rare reading; may be encountered in older or poetic Christian texts.
- みこころ
  Rare reading; みこころ is more commonly written as 御心 in religious contexts.
みこころ
ひじりごころ

Etymology

From 聖 (holy) + 心 (heart), a direct translation of the Latin 'Sacrum Cor' or English 'Sacred Heart'. The reading せいしん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; ひじりごころ and みこころ are native Japanese readings used in specific religious contexts.