Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 聖火(せいか) in Japanese

聖火
Kana Reading
せいか
Romaji
seika
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    sacred fire (torch)
    Example sentence
    聖火のあたりもひどい状態だと言うことも聞いたわ。 I also heard that it'd been awful around the Olympic Flame.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    Olympic flame

Examples of 聖火, せいか in a sentence

Kanji in this word

聖 JLPT 1

13 strokes

holy, saint, sage, master, priest

On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ひじり

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火 JLPT 5

4 strokes

fire

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: ひ, -び, ほ-

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