senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a wise old honorable sage.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) asks a honorable sage (尊) and a chieftain (酋) whether or not he should continue his path in front of the encampment ((e)n1). The chieftain gives him the thumbs up (寸), but the sage holds his thumb down.

尊 character breakdown

a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
tribal chief

= + : The tribal chief (酋) holds a gathering in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He is meditating together with the Queen of Hearts (qi), the rooster (酉), and the crocodile with mean eyes (丷).

Characters with 尊 as component

to observe / to obey / to follow / to comply with

= + : The wise sage (尊) orders Zapatista Zebra (zu) to follow (遵) him wearing his old gladiator sandals (辶) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Zapatista Zebra complies (遵) although the gladiator sandals hurt his hooves.
to crouch / to squat / to stay (somewhere)

= + : The sage (尊) is walking Doggie Dog (du) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) when suddenly Doggie Dog has to use the toilet. He cannot just shit on Tiananmen square because the fine would be astronomic. The sage makes a wise decision in giving Doggy Dog his left cowboy boot (⻊) which Doggy Dog uses like a squat (蹲) toilet.
goblet / bottle / wine-jar
variant of 樽[zun1]
trout / barbel / Taiwan pr. [zun4]
talk together
to congregate / to crowd
goblet / bottle / wine-jar
goblet / bottle / wine-jar
(literary) (of terrain) steep; precipitous

Words with 尊

Your esteemed father (honorific)
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
keep your thoughts to yourself
Wu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
(honorific appellation of a deity)
well-off and respected (idiom) / to be content with one's wealth and position
World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)

Sentences with 尊

尊 currently does not appear in any sentence.