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esteem
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. esteemRtK
    彼は趣味が高尚です。He has elegant tastes.tatoeba
    提案された行動に対するおきまりの時期尚早論。The familiar argument against a proposed action that it is premature.tatoeba
  2. furthermore
  3. still
  4. yet
  1. more
  2. still more
  3. greater

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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small (小) · little (小) · alien · glass canopy · hood (冂) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 196

Compound words

高尚こうしょう
high; noble; refined; advanced
尚更なおさら
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
和尚おしょう
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; head priest
尚且つなおかつ
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless
時期尚早じきしょうそう
premature
好尚こうしょう
taste
今尚いまなお
still
尚おなお
still
尚かつなおかつ
besides
尚さらなおさら
still more
時機尚早じきしょうそう
premature
尚絅大学しょうけいだいがく
Shokei University
尚絅学院大学しょうけいがくいんだいがく
Shokei Gakuin University
尚絅女子大学しょうけいじょしだいがく
Shoukei Women's University

Additional Examples

期待していたので、尚更がっかりした。
I was all the more disappointed because of my expectations.tatoeba
今その計画を実施するのは、時期尚早である。
It is premature to put the plan into practice now.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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