尊

revere; revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted

12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1181.

Readings

• ソン (on reading): 尊敬 (そんけい) respect; 本尊 (ほんぞん) principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple)
• とうとい (kun reading): 尊い (とうとい) precious; 尊 (とうと) value
• とうとぶ (kun reading): 尊ぶ (とうとぶ) to value
• たっとい (kun reading): 尊い油 (たっといあぶら) anointing oil
• たっとぶ (kun reading): 神を尊ぶ (かみをたっとぶ) to revere God
• Read as a whole word: 伊弉諾尊 (いざなぎのみこと) Izanagi-no-Mikoto

Components

• 酋
• 寸
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 酉 radical sake jar; bird (zodiac)

Kanji containing 尊

• 樽 barrel
• 噂 rumor
• 鱒 salmon trout
• 墫 cup
• 遵 abide by
• 蹲 crouch

Words using 尊

• 尊敬 (そんけい) respect
• 本尊 (ほんぞん) principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple)
• 尊重 (そんちょう) respect
• 尊厳 (そんげん) dignity
• 尊 (そん) zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)
• 尊い (とうとい) precious
• 尊 (とうと) value
• 尊む (とうとむ) to value
• 吾が仏尊し (あがほとけとうとし) putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal
• 尊き (とうとき) precious
• 尊ぶ (とうとぶ) to value
• 伊弉諾尊 (いざなぎのみこと) Izanagi-no-Mikoto
• 尊い油 (たっといあぶら) anointing oil
• 神を尊ぶ (かみをたっとぶ) to revere God
• 尊 (みこと) Lord
• 尊影 (せいえい) portrait
• 月夜見の尊 (つくよみのみこと) Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)
• 皇子の尊 (みこのみこと) crown prince
• 国常立尊 (くにのとこたちのみこと) Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)

101 words in all.

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