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美德 written in Chinese or Korean Hanja can also mean “grace of character” or “noble virtue.”
There is a slight variation in the modern Japanese Kanji form of the second character. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people ( it’s the ancient Japanese form anyway).
尊敬 is how to express the ideas of respect, honor, reverence, esteem, nobility, and sometimes the state of being noble, all in one word. Most of the time, this is used as “giving respect,” but depending on the context, it can suggest that you should try to be “worthy of respect.”
Although pronounced differently, the Chinese characters, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja are the same across these languages. This is an indication that this word is very old and crosses many barriers and cultures in the Orient (East Asia).
尊敬心 means respectful heart in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
The root is 尊敬 which means respect, honor, reverence, esteem, and/or nobility. Therefore, you can also define this as an honorable heart, reverent heart, noble heart, etc.
In ancient times, it was thought your brain was the heart in your chest. Therefore, 心 or heart can also mean “mind.” Hence, 尊敬心 can also be translated as respectful mind, honorable mind, etc.
You'll see 尊敬心 romanized as Sonkeishin or Sonkeshin from Japanese.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your nobility search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
伯 see styles |
bó bo2 po haku はく |
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] (1) count; earl; (2) (hist) (See 神祇官・2) chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); (3) (abbreviation) (See 伯剌西爾・ブラジル) Brazil; (surname, given name) Haku eldest brother (?) |
侯 see styles |
hóu hou2 hou kou / ko こう |
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]; nobleman; high official (n,n-suf) (1) (hist) (See 五等爵) marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; (n,n-suf) (2) (hist) daimyo; (surname) Hou |
公 see styles |
gōng gong1 kung kou / ko こう |
public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) (1) (See 私) public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public; (n,n-suf) (2) duke; prince; (suffix) (3) (after the name of a high-ranking person) Sir; Lord; (suffix) (4) (after a person, animal, etc.) familiar or derogatory suffix; (given name) Hiromu Public, general, official; a duke, grandparent, gentleman; just, fair. |
圭 see styles |
guī gui1 kuei misaki みさき |
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial; (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck (female given name) Misaki |
爵 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh shaku; saku(ok) しゃく; さく(ok) |
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility (1) (hist) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); (2) peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor); (female given name) Tsukasa |
男 see styles |
nán nan2 nan nan なん |
male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] (n,n-suf,ctr) son; (male given name) Dan Male. |
袍 see styles |
páo pao2 p`ao pao hou / ho ほう |
gown (lined) round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court a robe. |
謁 谒 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh etsu えつ |
to visit (a superior) (1) (See 謁見) audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); (2) visiting card; name card |
五爵 see styles |
goshaku ごしゃく |
(hist) (See 五等爵,公爵・こうしゃく,侯爵・こうしゃく,伯爵・はくしゃく,子爵・ししゃく,男爵・だんしゃく・1) five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946) |
公子 see styles |
gōng zǐ gong1 zi3 kung tzu koushi / koshi こうし |
son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) young nobleman; (female given name) Masako |
公家 see styles |
gōng jiā gong1 jia1 kung chia kuge; kouka; kouke / kuge; koka; koke くげ; こうか; こうけ |
the public; the state; society; the public purse (1) (くげ only) (hist) court noble; nobility; kuge; (2) (hist) Imperial Court; (surname) Kuge |
初冠 see styles |
uikouburi; uikaburi; uikamuri; uikanmuri; shokan / uikoburi; uikaburi; uikamuri; uikanmuri; shokan ういこうぶり; ういかぶり; ういかむり; ういかんむり; しょかん |
(noun/participle) (1) (archaism) (See 元服・1) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; (2) (ういかんむり only) (See 巻纓,垂纓) noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) |
勳爵 勋爵 see styles |
xūn jué xun1 jue2 hsün chüeh |
Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer |
卒す see styles |
shussu; sossu しゅっす; そっす |
(v5s,vi) (archaism) to die (esp. of nobility, etc.) |
厨子 see styles |
chuushi / chushi ちゅうし |
(1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors; (surname) Chuushi |
召人 see styles |
meshiudo; meshuudo / meshiudo; meshudo めしうど; めしゅうど |
(1) (See 歌会始) person specially invited to compose and recite a poem at the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; (2) (hist) person employed by the Imperial Court to compile anthologies of waka poetry; (3) (hist) (See 舞楽) person summoned to perform bugaku (for the nobility) |
品位 see styles |
pǐn wèi pin3 wei4 p`in wei pin wei hini ひんい |
rank; grade; quality; (aesomethingetic) taste (1) dignity; grace; nobility; (2) grade; quality; fineness; carat; karat rank |
圍場 围场 see styles |
wéi chǎng wei2 chang3 wei ch`ang wei chang |
enclosure; pig pen; hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) |
天爵 see styles |
tenshaku てんしゃく |
true merit; natural nobility |
奉告 see styles |
fèng gào feng4 gao4 feng kao houkoku / hokoku ほうこく |
(honorific) to inform (noun, transitive verb) report given to deity or nobility |
宿禰 see styles |
sukune すくね |
(1) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); (2) (archaism) (See 八色の姓) Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles); (personal name) Sukune |
寡人 see styles |
guǎ rén gua3 ren2 kua jen kajin かじん |
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility) (expression) my humble self |
封爵 see styles |
fēng jué feng1 jue2 feng chüeh houshaku / hoshaku ほうしゃく |
to confer a title; to ennoble; to knight; title of nobility enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank) |
廚子 厨子 see styles |
chú zi chu2 zi5 ch`u tzu chu tzu zushi ずし |
cook (out-dated kanji) (1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors |
晉爵 晋爵 see styles |
jìn jué jin4 jue2 chin chüeh |
to join the nobility; to rise through the nobility |
朝服 see styles |
cháo fú chao2 fu2 ch`ao fu chao fu choufuku / chofuku ちょうふく |
court dress in former times clothes worn by the nobility when attending Court |
殿原 see styles |
tonobara とのばら |
(1) the nobility; (2) (polite language) man; (place-name, surname) Tonohara |
殿達 see styles |
tonotachi とのたち |
(1) the nobility; (2) (polite language) visitors |
浩氣 浩气 see styles |
hào qì hao4 qi4 hao ch`i hao chi |
vast spirit; nobility of spirit |
爵位 see styles |
jué wèi jue2 wei4 chüeh wei shakui しゃくい |
order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2] peerage; court rank |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beautiful Virtue | 美德 美德 / 美徳 | bitoku | měi dé / mei3 de2 / mei de / meide | mei te / meite |
Respect Honor Esteem | 尊敬 | sonkei | zūn jìng / zun1 jing4 / zun jing / zunjing | tsun ching / tsunching |
Respectful Heart | 尊敬心 | son kei shin sonkeishin | zūn jìng xīn zun1 jing4 xin1 zun jing xin zunjingxin | tsun ching hsin tsunchinghsin |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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