Radical 贝

9 strokes

貴

shopping basket (492a) + sea shell 贝 (477a) = expensive 贵

贵姓 (135) guìxìng (your) family name

On the beach the girl collects sea shells in her shopping basket— they’d be expensive if bought in the shop. / The ghostly dwarf who guards the beach sits on the gate (on the path to the beach) watching to make sure she doesn’t take too many.