圣德太子

Traditional form:

聖德太子

Pinyin (reading):

Shèngdé Tàizǐ

Definitions:

• Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代／飞鸟时代 ( Fēiniǎo Shídài), proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint

Characters:

• 圣 - holy, sacred; sage, saint
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 聖 - holy, sacred; sage, saint
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing