Kanji N2

尊: revered, valuable, precious

尊 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning revered, valuable, precious, written with 12 strokes. It is read ソン (on) and たっとい, とうとい, たっとぶ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 尊重 (そんちょう, respect) and 尊敬 (そんけい, respect).

尊

Meanings

  • revered
  • valuable
  • precious
  • noble
  • exalted
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1181 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たっとい
  • とうとい
  • たっとぶ
  • とうとぶ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 尊

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 尊重そんちょう

    respect; esteem; regard

    JLPT N3
  • 尊敬そんけい

    respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

    JLPT N3
  • 尊いたっとい

    precious; valuable; priceless

    JLPT N1
  • 尊ぶたっとぶ

    to value; to prize; to esteem

    JLPT N1
  • 自尊心じそんしん

    self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance

    JLPT N1
  • 尊厳そんげん

    dignity; majesty; sanctity

  • 本尊ほんぞん

    principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple)

  • 自尊じそん

    self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.