尊 (zūn)
To respect; measure word for statues/cannons
How 尊 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 丷 — eight/divide
- Traditional
- 尊
- Simplified
- 尊 (unchanged)
Components
- 丷 eight/divide
- 酉 wine/alcohol
- 寸 thumb
Common words using 尊
- 尊嚴 zūnyán
- dignity; sanctity; honor
- 尊重 zūnzhòng
- to esteem; to respect; to honor
- 尊敬 zūnjìng
- respect; to revere
- 尊貴 zūnguì
- respected; respectable; honorable
- 獨尊 dúzūn
- to revere as sole orthodoxy; to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc); to be dominant
- 自尊 zìzūn
- self-respect; self-esteem; ego
- 自尊心 zìzūnxīn
- self-respect; self-esteem; ego
- 世尊 shìzūn
- World Honored One; Revered One of the World (Buddha)
- 令尊 lìngzūn
- Your esteemed father (honorific)
- 尊卑 zūnbēi
- seniors and juniors
- 尊容 zūnróng
- your face (usually mocking)
- 尊尚 zūnshàng
- to value highly; to hold up sth as a model
尊 in a sentence
我們要懂得尊重別人的意見。
Wǒmen yào dǒngde zūnzhòng biérén de yìjiàn.
“We need to know how to respect other people's opinions.”
How common is 尊?
尊 is the 1,132nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.1% of all running text.
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