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貴

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 774 / 2,608

Valuable

On’yomi
き
Kun’yomi
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Radical
貝 Shell (Kangxi 154)

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

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

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;sacredN1
貴重 きちょう precious,valuableN3
貴族 きぞく noble;aristocratN1

貴 is rank 774 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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