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Mythic Mandarin

尊 (zūn): meaning and stroke order

尊 (zūn) means senior, of a senior generation, to honor, to respect, honorific.

尊

Simplified
尊
Traditional
尊 (same form)
Pinyin
zūn

Stroke order of 尊

尊

  • zūn senior; of a senior generation
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 尊

  1. zūn
    • senior
    • of a senior generation
    • to honor
    • to respect
    • honorific
    • classifier for cannons and statues
    • ancient wine vessel

Radical and structure

尊
Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 12 strokes · 酋 on top, 寸 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 尊

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).