尊

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

• 樽, 蹲, 僔, 墫, 嶟, 燇, 繜, 譐(𬤢), 鐏(𨱔), 鱒(鳟), 遵, 噂, 撙, 鷷(𫜄)

Wikidata

• 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

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

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

尊

1. to respect; to revere; to venerate
2. to honor
3. ancient wine vessel made of bronze

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

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

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

• Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: たっとい (tattoi, 尊い, Jōyō); たっとぶ (tattobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō); とうとい (tōtoi, 尊い, Jōyō)^{←たふとい (tafutoi, historical)}; とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō)^{←たふとぶ (tafutobu, historical)}; みこと (mikoto, 尊)
• Nanori: たか (taka); たかし (takashi); たけ (take)

From Old Japanese.

Derived from 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing, matter”).

• 命

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みこと [mìkótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲiko̞to̞]

尊 (hiragana みこと, rōmaji mikoto)

1. (Shinto) indicates respect and reverence, such as to the 神 (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 (わ)加 (か)久 (く)佐 (さ)能 (の)都 (つ)麻 (ま)能 (の)美 (み)許 (こ)登 (と)許 (こ)登 (と)能 (の)加 (か)多 (た)理 (り)碁 (ご)登 (と)母 (も)許 (こ)遠 (を)婆 (ば) [Man'yōgana]

     ...若草 (わかくさ)の妻 (つま)のみこと事 (こと)の語 (かた)り言 (ごと)もこをば [Modern spelling]

     wakakusa no tsuma no mikoto koto no katarigoto mo ko o ba

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尊 (hiragana みこと, rōmaji 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), 人 (hito)

• 我 (わ)尊 (みこと), 和 (わ)尊 (みこと) (wamikoto)

尊 (hiragana みこと, rōmaji Mikoto)

1. a female given name

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

From Old Japanese.

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

• 貴

尊 (hiragana とうと, rōmaji tōto, historical hiragana たふと)

1. respect, reverence
   • 1702, Oku no Hosomichi

     あらたうと　青 (あを)葉 (ば)若 (わか)葉 (ば)の　日 (ひ)の光 (ひかり)

     ara-tōto, aoba wakaba no, hi no hikari

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• 尊 (とうと)がる (tōtogaru)
• 尊 (とうと)ぶ (tōtobu)
• 尊 (とうと)む (tōtomu)

From Middle Chinese 尊 (MC t͡suən).

Compare modern Mandarin 尊 (zūn).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そ​ん [sóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɴ]
• Pronunciation for suffix sense unknown.

尊 (hiragana そん, rōmaji son)

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

尊 (hiragana そん, rōmaji -son)

1. (Buddhism) counter for buddhas

尊 (hiragana そん, rōmaji Son)

1. a male or female given name

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

尊 (hiragana たかし, rōmaji Takashi)

1. a male given name

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

尊 (hiragana たける, rōmaji Takeru)

1. a male given name

尊 (eumhun 높을 존 (nopeul jon))

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

1. Hán tự form of tôn (“to respect”).