revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted
尊 centers on high worth and respect: something revered, precious, noble, or exalted. The idea is that the object is valued above others and treated with honor.
尊 combines 酋 (a wine vessel) with 寸 (a hand), suggesting a hand presenting a wine vessel as an offering, which conveys reverence and high value.
The top 酋 looks like a ceremonial wine jar, and the bottom 寸 is a hand. Picture a hand carefully lifting a precious wine vessel to offer it to someone noble and revered.
For ソン, imagine a son presenting a valuable gift to his revered father: son -> ソン, and the hand offers the precious wine jar.
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
respect; esteem; regard
value; preciousness; nobility
Lord; Highness
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)
dignity; majesty; sanctity
precious; valuable; priceless
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image
holy master; guru
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to value; to prize; to esteem
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one