zūn
respect
Depicts a hand (寸) offering a container of wine (酋).
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Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zūn
respect, revere, venerate; honor; senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
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