Word Meaning ご本尊

ごほんぞん gohonzon

ご本尊 is read as ごほんぞん (gohonzon) and means the man himself.

Meaning

English

the man himself
the person at the heart of the matter
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva)
principal image
idol

Reading

Kana

ごほんぞん

Romaji

gohonzon

Writing Variants

御本尊 ごほんぞん gohonzon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 97230 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

本尊

ほんぞん

the man himself

守り本尊

まもりほんぞん

guardian deity

自尊

じそん

self-respect

国常立尊

くにのとこたちのみこと

Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)

月夜見の尊

つくよみのみこと

Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

不動尊

ふどうそん

Acala (Wisdom King)

元始天尊

げんしてんそん

Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)

地蔵尊

じぞうそん

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

三尊

さんぞん

head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

中尊

ちゅうぞん

central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

薬師三尊

やくしさんぞん

Bhaishajyaguru triad

世尊

せそん

World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)