貝 — Chinese character
貝
bèi
sea shell; money, currency
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 目 八
- Formation
- ideographic — A sea shell, once used as currency
- Simplified
- 贝
- Japanese
- 貝 as a kanji
貝 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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