# 貴 — Valuable

Frequency rank 774 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 閉 (Closed), less common than 鳴 (Chirp).

- On’yomi: き
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 貝 Shell (Kangxi 154)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

The valuable radical on top sits above a shellfish below -- something inherently valuable placed on a shellfish (money) shows it is truly valuable.

In words:

- 貴い たっとい — precious;valuable;priceless;noble;exalted;sacred
- 貴重 きちょう — precious,valuable
- 貴族 きぞく — noble;aristocrat

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