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

Synonyms

• (respect): 敬, 崇, 重
• (respectable): 崇

Antonyms

• (respect): 鄙, 蔑, 藐

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
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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 (POJ): chun

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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/

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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]ˤu[n]/	/*[ts]ˤu[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

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Goon: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• On: る (ru)
• 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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