尊 – revered, valuable, precious

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#1181 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 尊 means revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソン (son); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たっと.い、とうと.い、たっと.ぶ、とうと.ぶ (tattoi, toutoi, tattobu, toutobu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソン	son
Kun’yomi	たっと.い	tattoi
Kun’yomi	とうと.い	toutoi
Kun’yomi	たっと.ぶ	tattobu
Kun’yomi	とうと.ぶ	toutobu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: 寸・酉・并.

Words using 尊

尊敬そんけいrespect尊重そんちょうrespect尊いとうといprecious尊ぶとうとぶto value自尊心じそんしんself-esteem

Example sentences

あなたはだれからも尊敬されている。

You're respected by everybody.

Tatoeba #232523

私は君の判断を尊重する。

I defer to your judgement.

Tatoeba #157413

愛より尊い物はない。

Nothing is as precious as love.

Tatoeba #191545

Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺射封寿尋寸

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