Kanji N1

貴: precious, value, prize

貴 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning precious, value, prize, written with 12 strokes. It is read キ (on) and たっとい, とうとい, たっとぶ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 貴重 (きちょう, precious) and 貴族 (きぞく, nobility).

貴

Meanings

  • precious
  • value
  • prize
  • esteem
  • honor
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#970 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たっとい
  • とうとい
  • たっとぶ
  • とうとぶ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 貴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 貴重きちょう

    precious; valuable

    JLPT N3
  • 貴族きぞく

    nobility; aristocracy; peerage

    JLPT N1
  • 貴方あなた

    you

    JLPT N5
  • 貴金属ききんぞく

    precious metal

  • 兄貴あにき

    elder brother; big brother

  • 騰貴とうき

    rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

  • 貴賓きひん

    noble visitor

  • 貴重品きちょうひん

    valuable article; valuables

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.