shèng gōng

Traditional: 聖躬

圣躬 (shèng gōng) is a Chinese word meaning “the Emperor's body; Holy body; the current reigning Emperor”.

Meanings

  1. 1the Emperor's body
  2. 2Holy body
  3. 3the current reigning Emperor

Characters in 圣躬

圣kū · (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)躬gōng · (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)

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