尊
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senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 寸 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 尊
- Common rank
- #1,241
- Unicode
- U+5C0A
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
venerate · Heisig RSH #1129
酋 chieftain + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 尊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自尊心 | self-respect; self-esteem; ego | |
| 定于一尊 | (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct; to regard a source (or… | |
| 尊师贵道 | to revere the master and his teaching | |
| 免开尊口 | keep your thoughts to yourself | |
| 天尊 | (honorific appellation of a deity) | |
| 自尊 | self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride | |
| 尊公 | (honorific) your father | |
| 尊长 | one's superior; one's elders and betters | |
| 尊老 | respect the aged | |
| 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 本尊 | (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity); the principal object of worship on a B… | |
| 尊者 | honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk) | |
| 年尊 | aged and respected; senior | |
| 尊意 | (honorific) your respected opinion; What do you think, your majesty? | |
| 尊鱼 | trout | |
| 安富尊荣 | well-off and respected (idiom); to be content with one's wealth and position | |
| 世尊 | World Honored One; Revered One of the World (Buddha) | |
| 尊号 | honorific title; form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc | |
| 令尊令堂 | (honorific) your parents | |
| 尊贤爱物 | to honor the wise and love the people; respecting noble talent while protecting the common… |
Sound family
These characters use 尊 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尊 sound part | to honor, to respect, to venerate | |
| 蹲 | to squat, to crouch | |
| 鳟 | barbel | |
| 撙 | to cut down, to reduce, to regulate; to rein in spending |