Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

970 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: precious, value, prize, esteem, honor

Kunyomi: たっと.い とうと.い たっと.ぶ とうと.ぶ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

族(きぞく)   noble, aristocrat

社(きしゃ)   your company [respectful]

金属(ききんぞく)   precious metal

婦人(きふじん)   noblewoman

重品(きちょうひん)   valuables, treasures

重な(きちょうな)   precious, valuable

な(こうきな)   high class [adj.]

い(たっとい/とうとい)   precious, exalted, sacred [adj.]

ぶ(たっとぶ/とうとぶ)   value, prize, esteem [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

your, indicates high rank or status, indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

金属 キキンゾク precious metal

トウキ rise (in price or value), appreciation, advance

フウキ riches and honours (honors), wealth and rank

Kunyomi Examples

尊い とうとい precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

い家柄 たっといいえがら noble birth

尊い とうとい precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

とうとぶ to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect

とうとぶ to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect