貴
noble; your; precious; value; prize; esteem; honor
12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 970.
Readings
- キ (on reading): 貴族 (きぞく) nobility; 貴重 (きちょう) precious
- たっとい (kun reading): 貴い家柄 (たっといいえがら) noble birth; 貴い命 (たっといいのち) precious life
- とうとい (kun reading)
- たっとぶ (kun reading)
- とうとぶ (kun reading)
Components
- 中
- 貝
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 口 radical mouth
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
Kanji containing 貴
Words using 貴
- 貴族 (きぞく) nobility
- 貴重 (きちょう) precious
- 貴族院 (きぞくいん) House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution)
- 貴社 (きしゃ) your company
- 兄貴 (あにき) elder brother
- 貴い家柄 (たっといいえがら) noble birth
- 貴い命 (たっといいのち) precious life
- 山高きが故に貴からず (やまたかきがゆえにたっとからず) don't judge a book by its cover
- 貴 (むち) lord
- 曙貴 (あけたか) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
- 曙貴時代 (あけたかじだい) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
- 三貴子 (みはしらのうずのみこ) the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)
- 貴やか (あてやか) elegant
109 words in all.