The kanji 貴: meaning, readings and stroke order
貴
- Meaning
- precious, noble
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- たっと(い) tattoi、とうと(い) toutoi、たっと(ぶ) tattobu、とうと(ぶ) toutobu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 貝 shell
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quý, cao quý (quý)
- Japanese
- とうとい。ねうちが たかい。
- Korean
- 귀하다, 소중하다 (귀)
- Chinese
- 珍贵、高贵 (贵)
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading
貴重
precious, valuable
貴重な 資料が 見つかりました。
Some valuable records were found.
たっと(い) tattoi · kun reading · less common
貴い
noble, precious
たいへん 貴い 教えです。
This is a very precious teaching.
とうと(い) toutoi · kun reading · less common
貴い
precious, noble
命は 貴い ものです。
Life is precious.
たっと(ぶ) tattobu · kun reading · less common
貴ぶ
to value, to respect
昔の 教えを 貴びます。
People value the old teachings.
とうと(ぶ) toutobu · kun reading · less common
貴ぶ
to treasure, to respect
自然を 貴んで くらします。
They live with respect for nature.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.