#154
贝

Shell and Money Component Radical

bèiAlias: Shell and Money Component Radical
Strokes 7 strokes
Position Left
Characters 49 hanzi
Semantic Meaning

Chinese character radical: Shell and Money Component Radical

Mnemonic Memory Tip

Cowrie sea shell used as ancient currency; marks money, buying, and wealth.

字

Chinese Characters with Radical 贝 (49)

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4 strokes
贝
bèi

shellfish.

6 strokes
贞
zhēn

virtuous.

6 strokes
负
fù

to bear, to carry; to owe; negative.

7 strokes
财
cái

wealth.

7 strokes
贡
gòng

tribute.

8 strokes
责
zé

duty.

8 strokes
贪
tān

to covet; to be greedy for.

8 strokes
贩
fàn

to buy and sell.

8 strokes
账
zhàng

account.

8 strokes
购
gòu

to buy.

8 strokes
贬
biǎn

to reduce.

8 strokes
贤
xián

virtuous.

8 strokes
贫
pín

poor.

8 strokes
质
zhì

nature.

8 strokes
货
huò

goods, commodities, property.

8 strokes
败
bài

to defeat, to fail, to decay.

8 strokes
贯
guàn

to pass through.

8 strokes
贮
zhù

to store.

9 strokes
费
fèi

to spend, to cost; expenses, fees.

9 strokes
贷
dài

to lend or borrow money.

9 strokes
贸
mào

to trade.

9 strokes
贴
tiē

to stick, paste, or attach.

9 strokes
贺
hè

to congratulate.

9 strokes
贻
yí

give to.

9 strokes
贱
jiàn

low-priced, cheap; lowly, base.

9 strokes
贵
guì

expensive.

10 strokes
赃
zāng

stolen goods.

10 strokes
赁
lìn

to rent.

10 strokes
贼
zéi

thief; traitor; extremely; thief; extremely; wicked.

10 strokes
赂
lù

to bribe.

10 strokes
贿
huì

bribe.

10 strokes
贾
jiǎ

surname.

10 strokes
资
zī

capital.

11 strokes
赊
shē

buy and sell on credit.

12 strokes
赎
shú

to redeem, to atone for.

12 strokes
赋
fù

to bestow.

12 strokes
赔
péi

to compensate for loss or damage.

12 strokes
赏
shǎng

to reward, to appreciate, to bestow.

12 strokes
赐
cì

to bestow, grant, or confer.

13 strokes
赖
lài

to rely on, to depend on.

14 strokes
赛
sài

to compete, to contest.

14 strokes
赚
zhuàn

to earn.

14 strokes
赘
zhuì

superfluous.

16 strokes
赝
yàn

false.

16 strokes
赞
zàn

to praise.

16 strokes
赠
zèng

to give as a present.

17 strokes
赡
shàn

to provide for.

17 strokes
赢
yíng

win.

21 strokes
赣
gàn

Jiangxi province.