貴

貴 (radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中一月山金 (LMBUC), four-corner 5080₆, composition ⿱𠀐貝)

• 潰, 饋, 匱, 聵, 闠, 憒, 䰎, 穨, 僓, 樻, 殨, 鞼, 䜋, 繢, 隤, 遺

• 贵
• 𛀩

• KangXi: page 1206, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36704
• Dae Jaweon: page 1669, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3632, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8CB4

Simplified from 䝿 (臾 → 𠀐)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kluds) : phonetic 臾 (OC *ɡruds, *lo) + semantic 貝 (“money cowrie”).

貴

1. expensive; costly

   Antonyms: 廉 (lián), 賤／贱 (jiàn)

   那件衣服很貴，是綢子的。 [MSC, trad.]
   那件衣服很贵，是绸子的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà jiàn yīfú hěn guì, shì chóuzi de. [Pinyin]

   That dress is expensive. It's made of silk.

2. precious; valuable

   貴金屬 / 贵金属  ―  guìjīnshǔ  ―  precious metal

3. superior; noble; nobility
4. (honorific, for deity, person or establishment) your

   您貴姓？ / 您贵姓？  ―  Nín guìxìng?  ―  What is your name?

   能否給我些貴公司更詳細的資料？ [MSC, trad.]
   能否给我些贵公司更详细的资料？ [MSC, simp.]

   Néngfǒu gěi wǒ xiē guì gōngsī gèng xiángxì de zīliào? [Pinyin]

   Could you give me more details about your company?

   應邀向貴雜誌投稿是一個榮譽。 [MSC, trad.]
   应邀向贵杂志投稿是一个荣誉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìngyāo xiàng guì zázhì tóugǎo shì yī ge róngyù. [Pinyin]

   It is an honour to be invited to contribute to your magazine.

• “Entry #9061”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. expensive (たかい)
2. worthful, precious (たかい, とうとい, たっとい)
3. superior, aristocratic (たかい, とうとい, たっとい, えらい, あてやか)
4. to esteem (とうとぶ, たっとぶ)

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: あて (ate, 貴); あてぶ (atebu, 貴ぶ); あてはか (atehaka, 貴はか); あてばむ (atebamu, 貴ばむ); あてやか (ateyaka, 貴やか); たかい (takai, 貴い); とうとい (tōtoi, 貴い, Jōyō); たっとい (tattoi, 貴い, Jōyō); えらい (erai, 貴い); とうとぶ (tōtobu, 貴ぶ, Jōyō); とうとむ (tōtomu, 貴む); たっとぶ (tattobu, 貴ぶ, Jōyō); たっとむ (tattomu, 貴む)
• Nanori: あてし (ateshi); き (ki); きさき (kisaki); きよ (kiyo); ぎ (gi); ただし (tadashi); たかし (takashi); もとむ (motomu); よし (yoshi)

From Middle Chinese 貴 (kjwɨj^H, literally “precious, noble, superior”).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi]

貴 (hiragana き, rōmaji ki-)

1. (archaic) added to nouns related to people to indicate superiority

   貴 (き)公子 (こうし)、貴 (き)婦人 (ふじん)、貴 (き)賓 (ひん)

   kikōshi, kifujin, kihin

   [young] nobleman, noblewoman, superior guest

2. (archaic) added to nouns to indicate respect and possession: your

   貴 (き)店 (てん)

   kiten

   your [honorable] store

貴 (hiragana き, rōmaji -ki)

1. added after nouns related to people to express love and respect

This suffix meaning appears from roughly the Edo period.

Unknown. Possibly cognate with 当て (ate, “aim; expectation, hope”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 当てる (ateru, “to face one thing towards another; to make something hit a target”).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [a̠te̞]

貴 (hiragana あて, rōmaji ate)

1. (archaic) noble, aristocratic, high-born
2. (archaic) refined, elegant

貴 (hiragana あて, rōmaji ate)

1. (archaic) one's own father (by extension of the “noble” meaning)
   • 1028-1107: 栄花物語 (Eiga Monogatari, “Tale of Splendor”)

     貴 (あて)は麿 (まろ)をば恋 (こい)しとは思 (おも)ひ給 (たま)はぬか

     Ate wa maro oba koishi to wa omohitamahanu ka

     Doesn't father think I'm his darling?

Possibly a compound of 身 (mu, “body”) +‎ 霊 (chi, “spirit, essence, soul”).[1] Alternatively, may be an alteration of 睦 (mutsu, “friendly, harmonious”, affix not used in isolation),[1] probably caused by fusion with the Old Japanese emphatic nominal particle い (i) in a manner similar to the alteration between kamu (combining form) and kami (standalone form) for 神 (“god, spirit”), or kutsu (combining form) and kuchi (standalone form) for 口 (“mouth”).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

貴 (hiragana むち, rōmaji muchi)

1. (archaic) an honorific term for a deity or person

   大日孁 (おおひるめ)の貴 (むち)

   ōhirume no muchi

   literally “honorable woman of the great sun”, an epithet for the sun goddess Amaterasu

• 汝 (なむち) (namuchi)

Used as ateji in various names.

貴 (eumhun 귀할 귀 (gwihal gwi))

1. Hanja form^? of 귀 (“precious”).

貴 (quý, quí, quới)

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