遵

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to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To follow 辶 or honor 尊 someone; 尊 also provides the pronunciation

Components 辶尊

abide by · Heisig RSH #1130

尊 venerate + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
遵义会议	Zūn yì huì yì	Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
遵化市	Zūn huà Shì	Zunhua, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
遵义市	Zūn yì Shì	Zunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省\|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]
遵化	Zūn huà	see 遵化市[Zun1 hua4 Shi4]
遵行	zūn xíng	to follow; to obey; compliance
遵义	Zūn yì	see 遵義市\|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4]
遵命	zūn mìng	to follow your orders; to do as you bid
遵时养晦	zūn shí yǎng huì	to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
遵令	zūn lìng	to obey orders
遵照	zūn zhào	in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
遵守	zūn shǒu	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
遵从	zūn cóng	to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer to (the judgment of superiors)
遵办	zūn bàn	to handle in accordance with (the rules)
黄遵宪	Huáng Zūn xiàn	Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國…
遵奉	zūn fèng	to conform; to obey faithfully
遵医嘱	zūn yī zhǔ	to follow the doctor's advice; as instructed by the physician
遵循	zūn xún	to follow; to abide by; to comply with
遵旨	zūn zhǐ	to obey the Emperor's decree; at your Imperial majesty's command
凛遵	lǐn zūn	to strictly abide by
恪遵	kè zūn	to scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc)