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U+5C0A, 尊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0A

[U+5C09]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C0B]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 41, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿田木戈 (TWDI), four-corner 80346, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7445
  • Dae Jaweon: page 585, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 509, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5C0A

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. 𰃝
alternative forms 𡭆
𢍜
𥈪
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • Zun (English)
Bronze zun vessel ( (zūn)), c. 11th century BCE

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (vinegar) + (hand) – to give (cùn) an offering (qiú) – to show respect, veneration.

However per small seal script, it may instead be a variant of 𢍜, which is Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (vinegar) + (two hands).

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Tibetan བཙུན (btsun), བཙུན་པ (btsun pa, respectable, venerable), མཚུན (mtshun, ancestor god). The "vessel" sense is because it was used in ritual ceremonies (Schuessler, 2007).

"glorious; marvelous; wonderful"
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (とーと​) (tōto​i).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tswon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suən/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suon/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡suən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡swən/
Li
Rong
/t͡suən/
Wang
Li
/t͡suən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyun1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zūn zūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tswon › ‹ tswon ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˁu[n]/ /*[ts]ˁu[n]/
English honor (v.) wine-cup

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17984
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsuːn/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to respect; to revere; to venerate
  2. to honor
  3. (historical) zun (a type of container for alcoholic beverage in historical China)
    alt. forms: (zūn), 𨱔 (zūn), (zūn)
  4. Classifier for heavy and chiefly immobile artificial objects; colossuses.
      ―  zūn jùxiàng  ―  a colossal statue
    大炮  ―  zūn dàpào  ―  a large cannon
  5. your (honorfic)
    夫人  ―  zūn fūrén  ―  your wife (honorfic)
  6. (ACG) glorious; marvelous; wonderful

Synonyms[edit]

  • (respect): (jìng), (chóng), (zhòng)
  • (respectable): (chóng)

Antonyms[edit]

  • (respect): (), (miè), (miǎo)

Compounds[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: tôn ()

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

尊󠄂
+&#xE0102;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
尊󠄄
+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. noble, precious
  2. exalt, revere
  3. indicates respect and reverence, such as to a buddha or nobleman

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Kanji in this term
みこと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Derived from (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ (koto, thing, matter).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(みこと) (mikoto

  1. (Shinto) indicates respect and reverence, such as to the (kami, Shinto deity) or the 天皇 (tennō, Emperor of Japan): Highness
  2. (by extension) indicates respect to a superior or other high-ranking person
  3. indicates deep affection: beloved
    • 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 4):
      ...和加久佐能(わかくさの)都麻能(つまの)美許登(みこと)許登能(ことの)加多理碁登母(かたりごとも)許遠婆(こをば) [Man'yōgana]
      ...若草(わかくさ)(つま)みこと(こと)(かた)(ごと)もこをば [Modern spelling]
      wakakusa no tsuma no mikoto koto no katarigoto mo ko o ba
      (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

(みこと) (mikoto

  1. (archaic, derogatory) second person personal pronoun: you
    Synonyms: あんた (anta), お前様 (omae-sama), 貴様 (kisama)
  2. (archaic) third person pronoun
    Synonyms: お方 (o-kata), (hito)
Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(みこと) (Mikoto

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
とうと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

⟨taputo1 → */taputʷo//tafuto//tauto//tɔːto//toːto/

From Old Japanese.

Stem of classical adjective 尊し (tafutoshi → tōtoshi), modern 尊い (tōtoi, precious, sacred).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

(とうと) (tōtoたふと (tafuto)?

  1. respect, reverence
    • 1702, Oku no Hosomichi:
      あらたうと (あを)()(わか)()の ()(ひかり)
      ara-tōto, aoba wakaba no, hi no hikari
      (please add an English translation of this example)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC tswon).

Compare modern Mandarin (zūn).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Pronunciation for suffix sense unknown.

Noun[edit]

(そん) (son

  1. a superior
  2. (historical) zun: an ancient wine vessel usually made of bronze

Counter[edit]

(そん) (-son

  1. (Buddhism) counter for buddhas

Proper noun[edit]

(そん) (Son

  1. a male or female given name

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6
irregular

Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, high).

Proper noun[edit]

(たかし) (Takashi

  1. a male given name

Etymology 5[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6
irregular

Various theories exist, possibly a nominalization of verb 長ける (takeru, to excel at).

Proper noun[edit]

(たける) (Takeru

  1. a male given name

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 높을 (nopeul jon))

  1. Hanja form? of (respect; revere; veneration).

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: tôn ((tổ)(côn)(thiết))[1][2][3]
: Nôm readings: tôn[2][4], nhôn[3][5], ton[3][5], chun[1], tông[1], tun[5]

  1. chữ Hán form of tôn (to respect).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]