Chinese symbol for “scallop”
扇贝
shàn bèi
Traditional: 扇貝
scallop (genus Pecten)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scallop is 扇贝 (shàn bèi), defined as: scallop (genus Pecten).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扇贝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风扇 (風扇) | fēng shàn | electric fan |
| 扇子 | shàn zi | fan; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 扇形 | shàn xíng | circular sector |
| 电风扇 (電風扇) | diàn fēng shàn | electric fan; measure word: 架 (jià), 台 (tái) |
| 电扇 (電扇) | diàn shàn | electric fan |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scallop”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.