尊

尊 U+5C0A, 尊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0A ← 尉 [U+5C09] CJK Unified Ideographs 尋 → [U+5C0B]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 樽, 蹲, 僔, 墫, 嶟, 燇, 繜, 譐, 鐏, 鱒, 遵, 噂, 撙, 鷷

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		尊

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
尊	*ʔsuːn
樽	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲	*zuːn
鱒	*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	*ʔsun, *zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 酋 (“vinegar”) + 寸 (“hand”) – to give 寸 an offering 酋 – respect, veneration.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūn (zun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹, zeon¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹, zeon¹
    • Yale: jyūn, jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹, dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹, zên¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyːn⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zun¹
    • IPA: /t͡sun²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chun
    • Tâi-lô: tsun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsung
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡suən/▼

Rime
Character	尊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	祖昆切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尊	尊
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	尊
Reading #	1/1
No.	17984
Phonetic component	尊
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尊
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːn/

Definitions

尊

1. to respect; to revere; to venerate
2. to honor

Synonyms

• (respect): 敬 (jìng), 崇 (chóng), 重 (zhòng)
• (respectable): 崇 (chóng)

Antonyms

• (respect): 鄙 (bǐ), 蔑 (miè), 藐 (miǎo)

Compounds

Derived terms from 尊

• 上尊
• 不動尊／不动尊
• 世尊
• 九五之尊
• 二足尊
• 仁尊
• 令尊 (lìngzūn)
• 令尊大人
• 位尊勢重／位尊势重
• 倒清尊
• 傍尊
• 元始天尊
• 勞尊重／劳尊重
• 匏尊 (páozūn)
• 唯吾獨尊／唯吾独尊
• 唯我獨尊／唯我独尊
• 堂尊
• 天尊
• 太尊
• 妄自尊大 (wàngzìzūndà)
• 安富尊榮／安富尊荣
• 定於一尊／定于一尊
• 家尊
• 尊上
• 尊人
• 尊俎
• 尊像
• 尊兄
• 尊公
• 尊前
• 尊前集
• 尊卑 (zūnbēi)
• 尊古卑今
• 尊君
• 尊命 (zūnmìng)
• 尊嚴／尊严 (zūnyán)
• 尊嚴死／尊严死
• 尊堂
• 尊大君
• 尊夫人
• 尊姓大名 (zūnxìngdàmíng)

• 尊嫜
• 尊官厚祿／尊官厚禄
• 尊容 (zūnróng)
• 尊宿 (zūnsù)
• 尊崇 (zūnchóng)
• 尊己卑人
• 尊師／尊师 (zūnshī)
• 尊師貴道／尊师贵道
• 尊師重道／尊师重道
• 尊年尚齒／尊年尚齿
• 尊府
• 尊敬 (zūnjìng)
• 尊榮／尊荣
• 尊王攘夷 (zūnwángrǎngyí)
• 尊甫
• 尊相
• 尊稱／尊称 (zūnchēng)
• 尊紀／尊纪
• 尊翁 (zūnwēng)
• 尊老
• 尊者
• 尊號／尊号 (zūnhào)
• 尊親屬／尊亲属
• 尊貴／尊贵 (zūnguì)
• 尊賢使能／尊贤使能
• 尊賢愛物／尊贤爱物
• 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
• 尊鑒／尊鉴
• 尊長／尊长 (zūnzhǎng)
• 尊門／尊门
• 尊閫／尊阃
• 尊顏／尊颜 (zūnyán)
• 尊顯／尊显
• 尊駕／尊驾
• 屈尊 (qūzūn)
• 屈尊敬賢／屈尊敬贤
• 師嚴道尊／师严道尊
• 師尊／师尊 (shīzūn)
• 師道尊嚴／师道尊严
• 府尊

• 德尊望重
• 德隆望尊
• 推尊
• 放尊重
• 敝屣尊榮／敝屣尊荣
• 敬老尊賢／敬老尊贤
• 旁尊
• 本尊 (běnzūn)
• 毒手尊拳
• 汙尊／污尊
• 犧尊／牺尊
• 男尊女卑 (nánzūnnǚbēi)
• 目無尊長／目无尊长 (mùwúzūnzhǎng)
• 紆尊降貴／纡尊降贵
• 縣尊／县尊
• 老尊
• 老尊堂
• 老行尊
• 聚寶尊王／聚宝尊王
• 聽憑尊便／听凭尊便
• 自尊 (zìzūn)
• 自尊心 (zìzūnxīn)
• 自尊自大
• 至尊 (zhìzūn)
• 至尊至貴／至尊至贵
• 萬乘之尊／万乘之尊
• 識才尊賢／识才尊贤
• 貴無常尊／贵无常尊
• 賢尊／贤尊
• 辭尊居卑／辞尊居卑
• 迦葉尊者／迦叶尊者
• 道尊
• 達尊／达尊
• 長幼尊卑／长幼尊卑 (zhǎngyòuzūnbēi)
• 阿尊事貴／阿尊事贵
• 降貴紆尊／降贵纡尊
• 雞肋尊拳／鸡肋尊拳
• 養尊處優／养尊处优 (yǎngzūnchǔyōu)
• 鰲裡奪尊／鳌里夺尊
• 齒尊／齿尊

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Japanese

Kanji

尊

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. noble
2. god, exalted, deity who happens to be an Amatsukami and an ancestral deity (sōjin) of the Imperial House; it is then read "Mikoto".

Readings

• Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō); たっとぶ (tattobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō); とうとい (tōtoi, 尊い, Jōyō); たっとい (tattoi, 尊い, Jōyō); みこと (mikoto, 尊); たけ (take); うやまう (uyamau)

Compounds

• (respect): 尊敬, 尊称, 尊崇, 尊重

Proper noun

尊 (hiragana たかし, rōmaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

尊 (hiragana たける, rōmaji Takeru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

尊 • (jon)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 존 (revised: jon, McCune–Reischauer: chon)
  • Name (hangeul): 높을 (revised: nopeun, McCune–Reischauer: nop'ŭn, Yale: nophun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尊 (tôn, nhôn, ton, tun, tặng)

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