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尊

zūn

respect

Depicts a hand (寸) offering a container of wine (酋).

Components
酋 iconic component

酋  Iconic component

qiú

  

chief of tribe

Depicts a container of wine.

寸 sound,iconic component

寸  Sound Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Evolution

尊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
尊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
尊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尊  

zūn

respect, revere, venerate; honor; senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel

Most common words with 尊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尊重

to esteem

尊敬

to respect

尊

senior

尊严

dignity

自尊

ego

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

遵 樽

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

遵 蹲 樽 鱒 鳟 撙

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤu[n]

tswon

zūn

honor (v.)

*[ts]ˤu[n]

tswon

zūn

wine-cup


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 37.8664% of movies

1038th most common character in movies

1134th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5C0A

Shuowen

“，酒器也。从酋，廾以奉之。《周禮》六尊：犧尊、象尊、著尊、壺尊、太尊、山尊，以待祭祀賓客之禮。尊，或从寸。”


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