尊 — revered, valuable, precious

とうとい尊 revered

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+5C0A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1181 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1547 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

revered
valuable
precious
noble
exalted

word

とうと touto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

尊(とうと) toutoi precious 尊(とうと) い toutoi precious

そん son On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

尊(そん) 重(ちょう) sonchou respect 尊(そん) 敬(けい) sonkei respect 尊(そん) 厳(げん) songen dignity

Appears in idioms

唯我独尊四字熟語

solely, ego, single, revered

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

酋 chief

すん寸 inch #41

Used as component in (1)

じゅん遵 abide by

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#41 寸 inch