崇 – adore, respect, revere

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The kanji 崇 means adore, respect, revere, worship. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スウ (suu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あが.める (agameru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スウ	suu
Kun’yomi	あが.める	agameru

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: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 山・示・二・小・宀.

Words using 崇

崇拝すうはいworship

Example sentences

その部族は祖先を崇拝している。

That tribe worships its ancestors.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岩岳峡峰嵐峠岬崖

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.