崇
adore, respect, revere, worship
Readings
On'yomi
- スウ
Kun'yomi
- あが.める
Nanori
- す
- たか
- たかし
- たかむ
Meaning
崇 centers on holding something in high esteem: adoring, respecting, revering, or worshiping it as lofty and worthy.
Most common words using 崇
20 of 29- 崇拝すうはいN1
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
- 崇めるあがめる
to revere; to respect; to worship
- 崇高すうこう
lofty; sublime; noble
- 崇敬すうけい
reverence
- 尊崇そんすう
reverence; veneration
- 個人崇拝こじんすうはい
personality cult; cult of personality
- 偶像崇拝ぐうぞうすうはい
idolatry; idol worship
- 偶像崇拝者ぐうぞうすうはいしゃ
idol worshipper; idol worshiper; idolater
- 動物崇拝どうぶつすうはい
zoolatry
- 呪物崇拝じゅぶつすうはい
fetishism
- 天体崇拝てんたいすうはい
star worship; astrolatry
- 天皇崇拝てんのうすうはい
emperor worship
- 太陰崇拝たいいんすうはい
moon worship
- 崇まふあがまう
to look up to; to respect
- 崇めたてるあがめたてる
to respect; to revere
- 崇城大学そうじょうだいがく
Sojo University
- 崇拝者すうはいしゃ
worshipper; admirer
- 崇高美すうこうび
sublime beauty
- 悪魔崇拝あくますうはい
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
- 樹木崇拝じゅもくすうはい
dendrolatry (worship of trees)
Study
Etymology
崇 combines 山 (mountain) with 宗, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of ancestral reverence. Together they suggest something as lofty and respected as a mountain.
Meaning mnemonic
A mountain 山 stands tall above everything, and 宗 (sect/religion) suggests deep reverence. Picture a sacred mountain that people adore and worship from below.
Reading mnemonic
For スウ, imagine a worshiper bowing deeply and making a long, reverent 'suuu' sound of awe before the mountain: suuu -> スウ.