貴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 貝
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 贵

Pronunciation

Pinyin: guì
Cantonese: gwai3
JapaneseKun: TOUTOI TATTOI TOUTOBU
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: KWI
Vietnamese: quý

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: expensive, costly, valuable

CE-Dict: expensive/noble/your (name)/precious

Soothill: Honourable, dear, precious.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.expensive
2.valued
3.of an honored rank or position
4.[Polite] your

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: costly; expensive; noble; precious; valuable

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: costly; expensive; noble; precious; valuable

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《貝部》貴物不賤也。从貝臾聲。臾，古文蕢。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【貝字部】貴
〔古文〕𡭙𧸋【唐韻】居胃切【集韻】【韻會】歸謂切，𠀤音餽。【說文】作䝿，物不賤也。【易•繫辭】𤰞高以𨻰貴賤位矣。【書•旅獒】不貴異物，賤用物。　又【玉篇】高也，尊也。【易•繫辭】崇高莫大乎富貴。【周禮•天官•大宰】以八統詔王馭萬民，六曰尊貴。又【禮•祭儀】昔者有虞氏貴德而尚齒。【註】貴謂燕賜有加於諸臣也。又【孟子】用下敬上，謂之貴貴。　又欲也。【戰國策】貴合於秦以伐齊。【註】貴，猶欲也。　又【玉篇】多價也。【前漢•食貨志】器苦惡賈貴。　又【釋名】貴，歸也，物所歸仰也。　又姓。【風俗通】廬江太守貴遷。　又州名。【韻會】春秋駱越地，隋鬰州，唐攺貴州。

Buddhism words and phrases valuable, important, excellent, good, virtuous

CF-Dict: cher/coûteux/précieux

Han-De-Dict: wertvoll, teuer (u.E.); Bsp.: 您貴姓？您贵姓？ -- Wie ist ihr (werter) Name?/geehrt (u.E.)/Gui (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)