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Chinese symbol for “shellfish”

贝类
bèi lèi
Traditional: 貝類
shellfish; mollusks

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shellfish is 贝类 (bèi lèi), defined as: shellfish; mollusks.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

贝 bèi
sea shell; money, currency
radical 154 ⾙ · 4 strokes
类 lèi
category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
radical 119 ⽶ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shellfish”

WordPinyinMeaning
贝 (貝)bèicowrie; shellfish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贝类.

WordPinyinMeaning
宝贝 (寶貝)bǎo bèitreasured object; treasure
贝克 (貝克)bèi kèbecquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 贝克勒尔 (bèi kè lè ěr))
贝壳 (貝殼)bèi késhell (of a mollusk)
拷贝 (拷貝)kǎo bèicopy; to copy (loanword)
贝斯 (貝斯)bèi sī(loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar)
分贝 (分貝)fēn bèidecibel
人类 (人類)rén lèihumanity; human race
类似 (類似)lèi sìsimilar; analogous

See also: Japanese symbol for “shellfish”.

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.

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