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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shellfish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贝 (貝) | bèi | cowrie; shellfish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贝类.
| 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 |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; 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.