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貴

Valuable
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingたっと.い、とうと.い
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6Level 34

Meanings

  1. valuable
    遺墨は少なく貴重である。His calligraphy is considered valuable as not much of it exists.wiki
  2. expensive
  3. noble
    彼は高貴な生まれの人です。He is a man of noble birth.tatoeba
    彼は高貴な生まれだ。He is of noble ancestry.tatoeba
  4. preciousRtK
    貴重な近代化遺産Precious modernization-related assetswiki
  1. zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)
  2. honorific prefix referring to the listener
  3. counter for buddhas

Popular Usage

貴重貴女貴族

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Takanohana · purse · in · one (一) · floor · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1908

Compound words

貴重きちょう
precious; valuable
貴族きぞく
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
貴社きしゃ
your company; your shrine
貴賓きひん
noble visitor
貴方あなた
you; dear; honey
兄貴あにき
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
騰貴とうき
rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance
富貴ふうき
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
貴金属ききんぞく
precious metal
貴重品きちょうひん
valuable article; valuables
姐貴あねき
elder sister
貴意きい
your will
貴簡きかん
your letter
貴翰きかん
your letter
貴顕きけん
distinguished person
貴酬きしゅう
reply (epistolary)
貴紳きしん
noble
貴賎きせん
high and low (social standing)
貴男あなた
you
貴殿きでん
you
貴賤きせん
high and low (social standing)
高貴こうき
noble, high-born, exalted
姉貴あねき
elder sister
曙貴あけたか
era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II

Additional Examples

彼は生まれはいわゆる貴族だった。
He was a so-called aristocrat by birth.tatoeba
彼は純粋の貴族だ。
He's a genuine aristocrat.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Precious; noble. 中 (a basket) + 貝 (money) — a basket full of money. 貴重 — valuable.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 貴

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