尊

尊 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿田木戈 (TWDI), four-corner 8034₆, composition ⿱酋寸)

• 僔, 噂, 墫, 壿, 嶟, 撙, 樽, 澊, 燇, 竴, 繜(𰬺), 罇, 譐(𬤢), 蹲, 鐏(𨱔), 鱒(鳟), 遵, 鷷(𫜄), 䔿
• 𢕰, 𣦝, 𥊭, 𥖁, 𥢎, 𫆸, 𦪚, 𧒆, 𫑼, 𣞊, 𠟃, 𤮐, 𠥙, 𥳰, 𩯄
• 𫱵, 𭞵, 𬛘, 𭹼, 𬲝

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7445
• Dae Jaweon: page 585, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 509, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5C0A

Historical forms of the character 尊
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 酋 (“vinegar”) + 寸 (“hand”) – to give 寸 (cùn) an offering 酋 (qiú) – to show respect, veneration.

However per small seal script, it may instead be a variant of 𢍜, which is Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 酋 (“vinegar”) + 廾 (“two hands”).

Cognate to Tibetan བཙུན (btsun), བཙུན་པ (btsun pa, “respectable, venerable”), མཚུན (mtshun, “ancestor god”). The "vessel" sense is because it was used in ritual ceremonies (Schuessler, 2007).

"glorious; marvelous; wonderful"

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 尊(とーと​)い (tōto​i).

尊

1. to respect; to revere; to venerate
2. to honor
3. (historical) zun (a type of container for alcoholic beverage in historical China)

   alt. forms: 樽 (zūn), 鐏／𨱔 (zūn), 罇／樽 (zūn)

4. Classifier for heavy and chiefly immobile artificial objects; colossuses.

   一尊巨像  ―  yī zūn jùxiàng  ―  a colossal statue

   一尊大炮  ―  yī zūn dàpào  ―  a large cannon

5. your (honorfic)

   尊夫人  ―  zūn fūrén  ―  your wife (honorfic)

6. (ACG) glorious; marvelous; wonderful

• (respect): 敬 (jìng), 崇 (chóng), 重 (zhòng)
• (respectable): 崇 (chóng)

• (antonym(s) of “respect”): 鄙 (bǐ), 蔑 (miè), 藐 (miǎo)

• 樽 (zūn)

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. noble, precious
2. exalt, revere
3. indicates respect and reverence, such as to a buddha or nobleman

• Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: たっとい (tattoi, 尊い, Jōyō); たっとぶ (tattobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō); とうとい (tōtoi, 尊い, Jōyō)^{←たふとい (tafutoi, 尊い, historical)}; とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尊ぶ, Jōyō)^{←たふとぶ (tafutobu, 尊ぶ, historical)}; みこと (mikoto, 尊)
• Nanori: たか (taka); たかし (takashi); たけ (take)

From Old Japanese.

Derived from 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing, matter”).

• 命

• (Tokyo) みこと [mìkótó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [mʲiko̞to̞]

尊(みこと) • (mikoto) 

1. (Shinto) indicates respect and reverence, such as to the 神 (kami, “Shinto deity”) or the 天皇 (tennō, “Emperor of Japan”): Highness
2. (by extension) indicates respect to a superior or other high-ranking person
3. indicates deep affection: beloved
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 4:

     ...和加久佐能(わかくさの)都麻能(つまの)美許登(みこと)許登能(ことの)加多理碁登母(かたりごとも)許遠婆(こをば) [Man'yōgana]

     ...若草(わかくさ)の妻(つま)のみこと事(こと)の語(かた)り言(ごと)もこをば [Modern spelling]

     wakakusa no tsuma no mikoto koto no katarigoto mo ko o ba

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尊(みこと) • (mikoto) 

1. (archaic, derogatory) second person personal pronoun: you

   Synonyms: あんた (anta), お前様 (omae-sama), 貴様 (kisama)

2. (archaic) third person pronoun

   Synonyms: お方 (o-kata), 人 (hito)

• 我(わ)尊(みこと), 和(わ)尊(みこと) (wamikoto)

尊(みこと) • (Mikoto) 

1. a male given name
2. a female given name

⟨taputo₁⟩ → */taputʷo/ → /tafuto/ → /tauto/ → /tɔːto/ → /toːto/

From Old Japanese.

Stem of classical adjective 尊し (tafutoshi → tōtoshi), modern 尊い (tōtoi, “precious, sacred”).

• 貴

尊(とうと) • (tōto) ^{←たふと (tafuto)?}

1. respect, reverence
   • 1702, Oku no Hosomichi:

     あらたうと　青(あを)葉(ば)若(わか)葉(ば)の　日(ひ)の光(ひかり)

     ara-tōto, aoba wakaba no, hi no hikari

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     あらたうと　青(あを)葉(ば)若(わか)葉(ば)の　日(ひ)の光(ひかり)

     ara-tōto, aoba wakaba no, hi no hikari

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     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 尊(とうと)がる (tōtogaru)
• 尊(とうと)ぶ (tōtobu)
• 尊(とうと)む (tōtomu)

From Middle Chinese 尊 (MC tswon).

Compare modern Mandarin 尊 (zūn).

• (Tokyo) そ​ん [sóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɴ]

• Pronunciation for suffix sense unknown.

尊(そん) • (son) 

1. a superior
2. (historical) zun: an ancient wine vessel usually made of bronze

尊(そん) • (-son) 

1. (Buddhism) counter for buddhas

尊(そん) • (Son) 

1. a male or female given name

Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, “high”).

尊(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a male given name

Various theories exist, possibly a nominalization of verb 長ける (takeru, “to excel at”).

尊(たける) • (Takeru) 

1. a male given name

尊 (eumhun 높을 존 (nopeul jon))

1. Hanja form^? of 존 (“respect; revere; veneration”).

• 존경 (尊敬, jon'gyeong, “admiration; respect”)
• 존대 (尊待, jondae, “respect; deference”)

尊: Hán Việt readings: tôn (祖(tổ)昆(côn)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
尊: Nôm readings: tôn[2][4], nhôn[3][5], ton[3][5], chun[1], tông[1], tun[5]

1. chữ Hán form of tôn (“to respect”).