貴 – precious, value, prize

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The kanji 貴 means precious, value, prize, esteem, honor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たっと.い、とうと.い、たっと.ぶ、とうと.ぶ (tattoi, toutoi, tattobu, toutobu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	たっと.い	tattoi
Kun’yomi	とうと.い	toutoi
Kun’yomi	たっと.ぶ	tattobu
Kun’yomi	とうと.ぶ	toutobu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: ｜・一・貝・目・ハ・口.

Words using 貴

貴重きちょうprecious貴いとうといprecious貴族きぞくnobility

Example sentences

あれは貴重な経験だった。

That was a valuable experience.

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彼は貴族の出である。

He springs from a noble family.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貸

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