貴

Descendants

 * 贵
 * 𛀩

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From ; compare 🇨🇬 (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) expensive; costly
 * 2) precious; valuable
 * 3) superior; noble
 * 4) to regard as valuable
 * 5)  your to a deity, person or establishment
 * 1) superior; noble
 * 2) to regard as valuable
 * 3)  your to a deity, person or establishment
 * 1) to regard as valuable
 * 2)  your to a deity, person or establishment
 * 1) to regard as valuable
 * 2)  your to a deity, person or establishment
 * 1)  your to a deity, person or establishment
 * 1)  your to a deity, person or establishment

Usage notes
In Hong Kong and Taiwan, a space is often left before this word when it is used as a humble term of "your" to show respect when writing formal letters, and this practice is known as. This practice, however, is not common in Mainland China.

Kanji

 * 1) expensive (たかい)
 * 2) worthful, precious (たかい, とうとい, たっとい)
 * 3) superior, aristocratic (たかい, とうとい, たっとい, えらい, あてやか)
 * 4) to esteem (とうとぶ, たっとぶ)

Etymology 1
From.

Prefix

 * 1)  added to nouns related to people to indicate superiority
 * 2)  added to nouns to indicate respect and possession: your
 * 1)  added to nouns to indicate respect and possession: your

Derived terms

 * : you

Suffix

 * 1) added after nouns related to people to express love and respect

Usage notes
This suffix meaning appears from roughly the.

Derived terms

 * : my [dear] elder brother
 * : my [dear] elder sister
 * : my [dear] uncle

Etymology 2
Unknown. Possibly cognate with, the

Adjective

 * 1)  noble, aristocratic, high-born
 * 2)  refined, elegant

Noun

 * 1)  one's own father
 * 2) * 1028-1107: 栄花物語 (, “Tale of Splendor”)

Derived terms

 * : an aristocrat; a nobleman; a person with a noble and refined bearing
 * : to be refined and elegant
 * : to appear refined and elegant
 * : refined, elegant
 * : refined, elegant

Etymology 3
Possibly a compound of. Alternatively, may be an alteration of, in a manner similar to the alteration between kamu (combining form) and kami (standalone form) for , or kutsu (combining form) and kuchi (standalone form) for.

Noun

 * 1)  an honorific term for a deity or person

Etymology 4
Used as ateji in various names.