そん
Meanings
Noun
1. zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)
Archaic
Prefix
Honorific
2. honorific prefix referring to the listener
Counter
Suffix
3. counter for buddhas
Kanji used
esteem
Pitch accent
Top 42000
Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
dignity; majesty; sanctity
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
honorary title
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
holy master; guru
you; your father
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
noble (person)
self-conceit; vainglory
Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher
statue of a noble character; your picture
honorific language
elder brother; elderly person
central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
someone's father; one's companion
honorary title; title of honour; title of honor
your (his, her) health; image (e.g. of Buddha)
your countenance
direct ancestors; ascendant
respect for women
your idea
various buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, etc.
your family; your mother
someone's letter
Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
your house
one's superiors; one's seniors
someone's letter
one's superior
Obediently yours