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贵

guì

expensive

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 㬰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貴.

Components
㬰 sound component

㬰  Sound component

kuì, yú

  

basket

贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

Depicts a shell, used as currency in ancient China.

Evolution

贵 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
贵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
贵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贵 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贵 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

贵 (貴) 

guì

expensive, costly, valuable; expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your

Most common words with 贵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贵

noble

珍贵

precious

宝贵

valuable

贵族

lord

高贵

grandeur

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

馈

Sound component in 9 characters (3 verified)

遗 匮 蒉 溃 馈 篑 聩 愦 缋

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 33.7979% of movies

1145th most common character in movies

873rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

貴

Unicode

U+8D35


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