贵 guì precious; expensive; costly
Made up of [贝 bèi shell; precious; cowrie shell radical 154]Alternative traditional form of character: 貴
Made with 9 strokes.
A picture of a basket holding precious things: cowrie shells once used as currency
Related characters
Also uses 贝 bèi component: 厕 cè (toilet) 贫 pín (poor) ; 赏 shǎng (to hand down) ; 贴 tiē (to stick) ; 员 yuán (person) ; 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause) ; 贞 zhēn (chaste)
Different tone
归 guī (to return) ; 龟 guī (tortoise) ; 圭 guī (jade tablet) ; 鬼 guǐ (ghost)Pronunciation
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