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Kanji Detail for 貴 - "precious, noble, respect"

貴

  • Meaning

    貴 means "precious, noble, respect."

    1. Noble - Of high rank; distinguished.

    2. Precious - Valuable; highly esteemed.

    3. Respect - To honor; to revere.

  • Words using 貴

    • 貴重 きちょう Listen precious; valuable
    • 貴族 きぞく Listen nobility; aristocracy; peerage
    • 貴金属 ききんぞく Listen precious metal
    • 兄貴 あにき Listen elder brother; one's senior; older man
    • 貴重品 きちょうひん Listen valuable article; valuables
    • 貴社 きしゃ Listen your company; your shrine
    • 貴方 あなた Listen you; dear; honey
    • 騰貴 とうき Listen rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

  • Four-character idioms with 貴

    • 富貴栄華 ふうきえいが Listen wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
    • 富貴浮雲 ふうきふうん Listen riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow
    • 貧富貴賤 ひんぷきせん Listen rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
    • 貴賤上下 きせんしょうか Listen high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes
    • 貴賤貧富 きせんひんぷ Listen high and low, and rich and poor
    • 貴顕紳士 きけんしんし Listen gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries

  • Tattoo check: 貴

    • Verified meaning: precious, noble, respect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あてし, き, きさき, たか)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 貴

    Given names 貴(あてし)Listen 貴(たか)Listen 貴(たかし)Listen 貴(ただし)Listen 貴(もとむ)Listen

    Surnames 貴(き)Listen 貴(きさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    precious; value; prize; esteem; honor

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    expensive, costly, valuable

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    expensive, costly; valuable, precious

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of 賤 (lowly). High position is called 貴. Low position is called 賤. Such as saying 顯貴 (distinguished and noble). | High price is called 貴. Low price is called 賤. Such as saying 昂貴 (expensive). | Valuing something is called 貴. Treating lightly is called 賤. Such as saying 珍貴 (precious).

  • Onyomi

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    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

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    tatto.bu(たっと-ぶ) たっと-ぶ

    tatto.i(たっと-い) たっと-い

    touto.bu(とうと-ぶ) とうと-ぶ

    touto.i(とうと-い) とうと-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    noble precious respect esteemed revered valuable honorable aristocratic dignified grand distinguished worthy

Sentences including 貴

  • I love you !

  • Her husband's health is very precious to her.

  • That was a valuable experience.

  • You borrow books.

  • You are much too kind to me.

  • I cannot agree to your proposal.

  • You and i are both students at this school.

  • You look sick.

  • You are doctors.

  • I would like to come and see you.

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