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尊 (とうと) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Expressions 吾あ が 仏ほとけ 尊とうと し putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal; being narrow-minded Kanji 尊 revered, valuable, precious Related words 尊とうと い Modern adjective meaning 'precious, noble, valuable'. The archaic noun 尊 is essentially the nominalized stem of this adjective, but is no longer used in contemporary Japanese.
貴たっと い Alternate modern adjective with the same meaning, using the kanji 貴. The noun form 貴 read たっと is its archaic nominalized stem.
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In old documents, 尊 is read as とうと and used as a noun meaning value or preciousness.
precious; valuable; priceless · noble; exalted; sacred
value; prize; esteem · respect; revere; look up to
precious; valuable; priceless · noble; exalted; sacred
value; prize; honor; respect · respect; revere; look up to
Written forms 尊
とうと
Archaic kanji spelling for the noun meaning 'value, preciousness, nobility'. The reading とうと is the more common of the two archaic readings.
たっと
Archaic kanji spelling with the less common reading たっと.
貴
とうと
Alternate archaic kanji spelling, also read とうと.
たっと
Alternate archaic kanji spelling with the less common reading たっと.
たっと
Etymology Derived from the classical adjective 尊し (たふとし), later 尊い (とうとい/たっとい). The noun form is the stem used nominally, now archaic.
