貴族 (きぞく, kizoku) Japanese meaning: nobility

貴族 (きぞく, kizoku) Japanese meaning: nobility | Kotomora

Kanji

上じょう流りゅう階かい級きゅう
貴族 refers to hereditary titled nobility, while 上流階級 is the broader social upper class that need not hold any noble title.
高こう貴き
貴族 is a noun referring to the aristocratic class itself, while 高貴 is a na-adjective describing the quality of being noble or exalted.
王おう侯こう
貴族 refers broadly to nobles and aristocrats in general, while 王侯 specifically denotes the king together with his high-ranking feudal lords.
王おう族ぞく
貴族 means nobility or aristocracy in general, a broader class that can include non-royal titled families, while 王族 is limited to the king's or queen's own relatives.

平へい民みん
平民 means an ordinary commoner, the direct opposite of 貴族, the titled nobility.
庶しょ民みんN2
貴族 means the nobility or aristocracy, the social class contrasted with 庶民, the common people.

華か族ぞく
華族 was the specific Japanese peerage system in use from 1869 to 1947, whereas 貴族 is the general term for nobility in any country or era.
王おう族ぞく
王族 refers specifically to royalty, the ruling king's family, while 貴族 covers the broader aristocratic class ranked below royalty.
エリートN1
貴族 means an aristocrat born into hereditary nobility, whereas エリート refers to status earned through ability, education, or career success.
豪ごう族ぞく
貴族 refers to the court nobility or aristocracy with hereditary rank, while 豪族 emphasizes local, land-based clan power rather than official court status.

人にん
Individual members of the 貴族 class are counted with 人, the ordinary counter for people.

From Middle Chinese 貴族 (kjw+jH dzuwk, “noble family”). The kanji 貴 means 'precious, noble' and 族 means 'family, clan'.