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尊 : Revered

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Components:
酋寸

revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted

On 'yomi:
ソン(son)
Kun 'yomi:
たっと.い(tato.i) とうと.い(touto.i) たっと.ぶ(tato.bu) とうと.ぶ(touto.bu)
Nanori:
さだ(sada) たか(taka) たけ(take) みこと(mikoto)
Strokes:12
Radical:寸 (41)
Usage Rating:1181
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:6
Unicode:05c0a
jis208:34-26
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尊 Usage examples

神を尊ぶ(かみをたっとぶ)to revere God
三尊仏(さんぞんぶつ)image of the three honorable (honourable) ones
地蔵尊(じぞうそん)Jizo (guardian deity of children), (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
尊厳死(そんげんし)death with dignity
尊師(そんし)holy master, guru
月夜見の尊(つくよみのみこと)Moon God, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, brother of Amaterasu
尊大不遜(そんだいふそん)arrogant and presumptuous, haughty arrogance, intolerable insolence
釈迦三尊(しゃかさんぞん)image of Gautama Buddha flanked by two attendants
慈尊(じそん)Maitreya
独尊(どくそん)self-conceit, vainglory
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
世尊(せそん)World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)