贵
expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #811 U+8D35
How 贵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
money
How to remember it
expensive · Heisig RSH #1340
purse + shells
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 贵 as their sound component
These characters all use 贵 (guì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贵 sound component | guì | expensive, costly; valuable, precious |
| 溃 | kuì | a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse |
| 匮 | kuì | to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty |
| 聩 | kuì | deaf |
| 篑 | kuì | a bamboo basket for carrying soil |
| 蒉 | kuì | edible amaranth; straw basket |
| 愦 | kuì | confused, muddle-headed; troubled |
| 缋 | huì | to sketch, to paint, to draw; multicolored |
Words containing 贵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贵德县 | Guì dé Xiàn | Guide, a county in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zh… |
| 贵南县 | Guì nán Xiàn | Guinan, a county in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z… |
| 贵定县 | Guì dìng Xiàn | Guiding, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu… |
| 贵阳市 | Guì yáng Shì | Guiyang, prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3] |
| 单身贵族 | dān shēn guì zú | fig. unmarried person; single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) |
| 贵族化 | guì zú huà | gentrification; aristocratic; upper-class |
| 达官贵人 | dá guān guì rén | (idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential |
| 贵格会 | Guì gé huì | Society of Friends; the Quakers |
| 大富大贵 | dà fù dà guì | very rich; millionaire |
| 云贵高原 | Yún Guì gāo yuán | Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, wes… |
| 以和为贵 | yǐ hé wéi guì | harmony is to be prized |
| 贵族社会 | guì zú shè huì | aristocracy |
| 难能可贵 | nán néng kě guì | rare and precious; valuable; remarkable |
| 不当家不知柴米贵 | bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì | a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom) |
| 高贵鸡 | gāo guì jī | (Tw) (slang) snobbish, pretentious gay person |
| 早生贵子 | zǎo shēng guì zǐ | give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds) |
| 贵人 | guì rén | nobility; person of high rank |
| 贵国 | guì guó | your distinguished country |
| 黑命贵 | Hēi mìng guì | Black Lives Matter (social movement) |
| 贵公司 | guì gōng sī | your company |