贝 — Chinese character
贝
bèi
sea shell; money, currency
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 冂 人
- Formation
- pictographic — A sea shell, once used as currency
- Traditional
- 貝
Common words with 贝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宝贝 (寶貝) | bǎo bèi | treasured object; treasure |
| 贝克 (貝克) | bèi kè | becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 贝克勒尔 (bèi kè lè ěr)) |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell (of a mollusk) |
| 拷贝 (拷貝) | kǎo bèi | copy; to copy (loanword) |
| 贝斯 (貝斯) | bèi sī | (loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar) |
| 分贝 (分貝) | fēn bèi | decibel |
| 贝塔 (貝塔) | bèi tǎ | beta (Greek letter Β, β) |
| 贝类 (貝類) | bèi lèi | shellfish; mollusks |
| 宝贝儿 (寶貝兒) | bǎo bèi r | erhua variant of 宝贝 (bǎo bèi) |
| 贝斯手 (貝斯手) | bèi sī shǒu | bassist; bass player |
| 贝雷帽 (貝雷帽) | bèi léi mào | (loanword) beret |
| 扇贝 (扇貝) | shàn bèi | scallop (genus Pecten) |
English words written with 贝
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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