| Chinese Text Project |
| 貴 U+8CB4 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 贵 Simplified character | 𡭙 Semantic variant | 𧸋 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 貝+ 5 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.358#51 Kangxi: p.1206#15 Cihai: p.1271r6c01 GSR: 540.b Hanyu: v6,p3632#09 |
| Composition: | Top: 𠀐, bottom: 貝. Component of: 匱 僓 𭂟 𭅁 嬇 𭘵 憒 撌 尵 𤡱 潰 圚 𫵒 嘳 隤 𡪲 墤 𢊮 𣄜 𤏳 [More] |
| Mandarin: | guì ㄍㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | gwai3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *giuə̀i |
| Shuowen: | 《貝部》貴：物不賤也。从貝臾聲。臾，古文蕢。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·未·貴》貴：尊也，髙也。《釋名》云：貴歸也，物所歸仰也。《說文》作䝿亦姓出自陸終之後風俗通有貴遷爲廬江太守。居胃切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·貝部·五》貴：〔古文〕𡭙𧸋《唐韻》居胃切《集韻》《韻會》歸謂切，𠀤音餽。《說文》作䝿，物不賤也。《易·繫辭》𤰞高以𨻰貴賤位矣。《書·旅獒》不貴異物，賤用物。又《玉篇》高也，尊也。《易·繫辭》崇高莫大乎富貴。《周禮·天官·大宰》以八統詔王馭萬民，六曰尊貴。又《禮·祭儀》昔者有虞氏貴德而尚齒。《註》貴謂燕賜有加於諸臣也。又《孟子》用下敬上，謂之貴貴。又欲也。《戰國策》貴合於秦以伐齊。《註》貴，猶欲也。又《玉篇》多價也。《前漢·食貨志》器苦惡賈貴。又《釋名》貴，歸也，物所歸仰也。又姓。《風俗通》廬江太守貴遷。又州名。《韻會》春秋駱越地，隋鬰州，唐攺貴州。 |
| Fanqie: | 居胃 (《廣韻·去聲·未·貴》) |
| Unihan definition: | expensive, costly, valuable |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 有子曰：「禮之用，和為貴。」 |
| The philosopher You said, "In practicing the rules of propriety, a natural ease is to be prized." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「挾貴而問，挾賢而問，挾長而問，挾有勳勞而問，挾故而問，皆所不答也。」 |
| Mencius replied, 'I do not answer him who questions me presuming on his nobility, nor him who presumes on his talents, nor him who presumes on his age, nor him who presumes on services performed to me, nor him who presumes on old acquaintance.' | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 故規矩取其無私，繩取其直，權衡取其平，故先王貴之。 |
| In its squareness and roundness they saw its warning against selfishness; in its line-like straightness they saw its admonition to be correct, and in its balance-like evenness they saw its lesson of impartiality. Therefore the ancient kings attached a high value to it. | |
| 《孝經·聖治》: | 子曰：「天地之性，人為貴。」 |
| The Master replied, "Of all (creatures with their different) natures produced by Heaven and Earth, man is the noblest." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「富貴生。」 |
| Yangzi said: Wealth, honor, long life. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 七圍八圍，貴人富商之家求樿傍者斬之。 |
| And those of seven or eight spans are cut down by noblemen and rich merchants who want single planks for the sides of their coffins. | |
| 《道德經》: | 不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜。 |
| Not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves. | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 無以外權任爵與官，則民不貴學問，又不賤農。 |
| If dignities are not conferred nor office given according to deviating standards, then the people will not prize learning nor, besides, will they hold agriculture cheap. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子能為可貴，不能使人必貴己。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 此所以祭先王之廟也，此所以獻酢酳之酬也，所以官序貴賤各得其宜也，此可以示後世有尊卑長幼之序也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 是故孔子立新王之道，明其貴誌以反和，見其好誠以滅偽。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 天下舉忠而士不與焉，舉信而士不與焉，舉廉而士不與焉，三者存乎身，名傳於世，與日月並而息，天不能殺，地不能生，當桀紂之世不之能汙也，然則非惡生而樂死也，惡富貴好貧賤也，由其理，尊貴及己而仕也不辭也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 日選於物，不知所貴。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 或曰：合從子，貴中也 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 是故明君而君子，貴尚學道，而賤下獨思也。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 鄭朱，貴人也。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 聲氣可範，精神可愛，俯仰可宗，揖讓可貴，述作有方，動靜有常，帥禮不荒，故為萬夫之望也。 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 不曰樂以貴下人乎？ |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 天地之所貴者人也，聖人之所尚者義也，德義之所成者智也，明智之所求者學問也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 命者、貧富貴賤也。 |
| 《太玄經·中》: | 測曰，「日正于天」、貴當位也。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 言其承易文，之以質，使天下蒙化，皆貴貞愨也。 |
| 《孔叢子·記義》: | 貴賤殊等，不為同官。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 治世所貴乎位者三，一曰達道於天下，二曰達惠於民，三曰達德於身。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 立身履一，富貴之本。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 貴而忘賤者不久。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 聖人貴寬，而世人賤眾，五穀養性，而棄之於地，珠玉無用，而寶之於身。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 古者尊卑共之，貴賤不嫌，則可同號之義也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 追號為后者三：章帝宋貴人曰敬隱后，葬北陵，安帝祖母也。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 買無貴，說在仮其賈。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 天生萬物，唯人為貴。 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 貴者有知，富者有財，貧者有身。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 約其所守，寡其所求，去其誘慕，除其貴欲，捐其思慮。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 關尹子曰：「聖人之于眾人，飲食衣服同也，屋室舟車同也，富貴貧賤同也。」 |
| 《列仙傳·老子》: | 好養精氣，貴接而不施。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 名可名，謂富貴尊榮，高世之名也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 夫斷死與斷生者不同，而民為之者，是貴奮死也。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 是以聖人貴名之正也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 古者立天子而貴之者，非以利一人也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 天子之所以異貴賤而賞有功也。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 若行不合道，舉不合義，而處大居貴，患必及之。 |
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