崇拝

すうはい · suuhai · JLPT N1 · noun

worship; adoration

⛩️ 崇 = revere + 拝 = bow down: to worship is to revere something so much you bow to it

Pronounced suu-hai. 崇 means lofty or exalted, and 拝 is the bowing gesture of prayer at shrines. Together they mean adoring something held as exalted.