Chinese Character 贵 Meanings and components.

Form

贵

Meaning

贵 meaning[3] in English

Expensive.

Noble.

Precious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 贵 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are China (中) , one (一) , and surname Bei (贝)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with LMBO

How to write 贵

To write贵gui4expensive you should write a combination of 中zhong1China 一yi1one , 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

中 + 一 + 贝 = 贵

贵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 贵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 贵, looks as follow:

贵
Pinyin:gui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Expensive . Noble . Precious . (Honorific) Your
中
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: China . Chinese . Surname Zhong
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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