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Kotomora

尊

revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ソン

Kun'yomi

  • たっと.い
  • とうと.い
  • たっと.ぶ
  • とうと.ぶ

Nanori

  • さだ
  • たか
  • たけ
  • みこと

Meaning

尊 centers on high worth and respect: something revered, precious, noble, or exalted. The idea is that the object is valued above others and treated with honor.

Most common words using 尊

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  • 尊敬そんけい
    N3

    respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

  • 尊重そんちょう
    N3

    respect; esteem; regard

  • 尊そん

    zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

  • 尊とうと

    value; preciousness; nobility

  • 尊みこと

    Lord; Highness

  • 尊厳そんげん

    dignity; majesty; sanctity

  • 尊いとうとい
    N1

    precious; valuable; priceless

  • 自尊心じそんしん
    N1

    self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

  • 本尊ほんぞん

    principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

  • 尊師そんし

    holy master; guru

  • 尊大そんだい

    haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

  • 尊ぶとうとぶ
    N1

    to value; to prize; to esteem

  • 男尊女卑だんそんじょひ

    male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women

  • 釈尊しゃくそん

    Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

  • 日本武尊やまとたける

    Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

  • 尊顔そんがん

    your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)

  • 尊王そんのう

    reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

  • 自尊じそん

    self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

  • 不動尊ふどうそん

    Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

  • 唯我独尊ゆいがどくそん

    throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one

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Study

Etymology

尊 combines 酋 (a wine vessel) with 寸 (a hand), suggesting a hand presenting a wine vessel as an offering, which conveys reverence and high value.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 酋 looks like a ceremonial wine jar, and the bottom 寸 is a hand. Picture a hand carefully lifting a precious wine vessel to offer it to someone noble and revered.

Reading mnemonic

For ソン, imagine a son presenting a valuable gift to his revered father: son -> ソン, and the hand offers the precious wine jar.