Moto 貴: Precious; Value; PrizeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- たっと(い)、とうと(い)、たっと(ぶ)、とうと(ぶ)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 113 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 貴重きちょうprecious; valuable
- 貴族きぞくnoble; aristocrat
- 貴金属ききんぞくprecious metal
- 兄貴あにきelder brother
- 富貴ふうきriches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
- 貴人きじんaristocrat; nobleman
- 貴公子きこうしyoung nobleman; scion of a noble family
- 貴婦人きふじんlady; noblewoman
- 貴社きしゃyour company
- 貴賓きひんnoble visitor
- 貴重品きちょうひんvaluable article; valuables
- 騰貴とうきrise (in price or value); appreciation
- 高貴こうきhigh class; noble
- 兄貴分あにきぶんsenior group member; leader among peers
- 兄貴風を吹かすあにきかぜをふかすto act patronizingly
- 半貴石はんきせきsemiprecious stones
- 大貴族だいきぞくleading aristocrat; great house
- 姉貴あねきelder sister
- 富貴栄華ふうきえいがwealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
- 富貴浮雲ふうきふうんRiches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow
- 尊貴そんきnoble (person)
- 物価騰貴ぶっかとうきprice rise
- 独身貴族どくしんきぞくunmarried person living affluently
- 王侯貴族おうこうきぞくroyalty and titled nobility
- 珍貴ちんきrare and valuable; precious
- 貴ガスきガスnoble gas; inert gas
- 貴サイトきサイトyour (company's) website
- 貴下きかyou
- 貴信きしんletter, etc. from another party; correspondence
- 貴僧きそうhigh priest; priest
- 貴兄きけいyou
- 貴公きこうyou (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
- 貴卑きびhigh and low class
- 貴台きだいhonorific used in company correspondence
- 貴名きめいyour name
- 貴君きくんyou (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
- 貴国きこくyour country
- 貴地きちyour place
- 貴大学きだいがくesteemed university; honorable university
- 貴姉きしyour older sister
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 貴いとうといprecious; valuable
- 貴ぶとうとぶto value; to prize
- 山高きが故に貴からずやまたかきがゆえにたっとからずdon't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high
- 貴とうとvalue; preciousness
- 貴い命たっといいのちprecious life
- 貴い家柄たっといいえがらnoble birth
- 貴むたっとむto value; to prize
Other readings
- 貴方あなたyou
- 三貴子みはしらのうずのみこthe three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
- 伯父貴おじきuncle (older than one's parent)
- 叔父貴おじきuncle (younger than one's parent)
- 大己貴神おおなむちのかみOkuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
- 大日孁貴おおひるめのむちSun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
- 曙貴あけたかera during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
- 曙貴時代あけたかじだいera during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
- 貧富貴賤ひんぷきせんrich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
- 貴やかあてやかelegant; sophisticated
- 貴女あなたyou
- 貴女たちあなたたちyou (plural)
- 貴女達あなたたちyou (plural)
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