Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

遵: abide by, follow

Also: obey, learn

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻌ carries the meaning · 尊 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 遵守じゅんしゅobservance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence
  • 遵行じゅんこうobedience; observance; adherence
  • 遵奉じゅんぽうobeying; observing; following

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zūn

Same form: 遵 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
遵 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
遵 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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