Onyomi: ソン · Kunyomi: たっと.い, たっと.ぶ, とうと.い, とうと.ぶ · Meanings: exalted, noble, precious, revered, valuable
Kanji for exalted, noble, precious, revered, valuable
Fast lookup with examples and clean stroke-order visualization.
Experience 尊 in 3D! View the complete 3D Kanji model to understand its shape and stroke depth from every angle. Click the button below to see 尊 in 3D and explore how each stroke forms this character.
Please support us by sharing!
尊 is made from 酋 on top and 寸 at the bottom. 酋 originally means a leader or chief. 寸 represents the hand and an action done with care or control. Putting them together shows treating a leader with careful actions, which came to mean respect or honor.
尊 means showing careful respect to a leader.
Imagine offering something with both hands (寸) to a respected leader (酋). That act of respect is 尊.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 尊 | とうと | value, preciousness, nobility | Noun |
| 尊 | みこと | Lord, Highness | Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 尊 | そん | zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze) | Noun |
| 尊敬 | そんけい | respect, esteem, reverence, honour, honor | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | respect, esteem, regard | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 尊い | とうとい | precious, valuable, priceless | common JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 尊ぶ | とうとぶ | to value, to prize, to esteem | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 尊厳 | そんげん | dignity, majesty, sanctity | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 尊大 | そんだい | haughty, arrogant, pompous, self-important | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 尊父 | そんぷ | your father | Noun |