Moto 尊: Revered; Valuable; PreciousKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソン
- Kun'yomi
- たっと(い)、とうと(い)、たっと(ぶ)、とうと(ぶ)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 102 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソン)
- 尊重そんちょうrespect; esteem
- 尊厳そんげんdignity; majesty
- 尊敬そんけいrespect; esteem
- 尊属そんぞくdirect ancestors; noble ancestors
- 尊称そんしょうhonorary title
- 本尊ほんぞんprincipal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image
- 男尊女卑だんそんじょひmale domination of women; male chauvinism
- 自尊じそんself-respect; esteem
- ご本尊ごほんぞんprincipal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image
- 三尊さんぞんBuddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
- 三尊仏さんぞんぶつBuddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
- 三尊天井さんぞんてんじょうhead and shoulders (chartist pattern)
- 不動尊ふどうそんAcala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha
- 世尊せそんWorld-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)
- 中尊ちゅうぞんcentral image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 仏頂尊ぶっちょうそんButchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
- 元始天尊げんしてんそんYuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
- 唯我独尊ゆいがどくそんself-conceit; self-centeredness
- 地蔵尊じぞうそんJizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
- 女尊じょそんrespect for women
- 守り本尊まもりほんぞんguardian deity
- 尊そんzun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)
- 尊上そんじょうone's superior
- 尊下そんかObediently yours
- 尊体そんたいyour (his, her) health
- 尊信そんしんreverence
- 尊像そんぞうstatue of a noble character; your picture
- 尊兄そんけいelder brother; elderly person
- 尊公そんこうyou; your father
- 尊厳死そんげんしdeath with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
- 尊台そんだいyou
- 尊号そんごうhonorary title; title of honour
- 尊名そんめいyour name
- 尊君そんくんsomeone's father; one's companion
- 尊命そんめいyour order
- 尊堂そんどうyour family; your mother
- 尊大そんだいhaughty; arrogant
- 尊大不遜そんだいふそんarrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance
- 尊大語そんだいごspeech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener
- 尊宅そんたくyour house
- 尊家そんかyour house
- 尊容そんようyour countenance
- 尊属殺そんぞくさつparricide
- 尊属殺人そんぞくさつじんparricide
- 尊崇そんすうreverence; veneration
- 尊師そんしholy master; guru
- 尊意そんいyour idea
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 尊いとうといprecious; valuable
- 尊ぶとうとぶto value; to prize
- 吾が仏尊しあがほとけとうとしputting one's own beliefs on a pedestal; being narrow-minded
- 尊い油たっといあぶらanointing oil
- 尊むたっとむto value; to prize
Other readings
- 仏頂尊勝ぶちょうそんしょうUsnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
- 伊弉冉尊いざなみのみことIzanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
- 伊弉諾尊いざなぎのみことIzanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
- 国常立尊くにのとこたちのみことKuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)
- 女尊男卑じょそんだんぴplacing women above men
- 官尊民卑かんそんみんぴputting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed
- 尊卑そんぴhigh and low; aristocrat and plebeian
- 尊影せいえいportrait
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Kanji that often appear with 尊
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