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Kanji Detail for 貝 - "shell, treasure"
貝
- Meaning
貝 means "shell, treasure."
Shell - A mollusk; shellfish.
Treasure - Valuables; money; currency.
Pattern - A design resembling a shell.
Palm leaf - An abbreviation for Baitara (palm leaf); a tree name.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
shellfish
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Bei
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sea shell; money, currency
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A shelled creature in the sea. A type of mollusk. The outer shell is calcareous. Ancient people used their shells as currency. Therefore characters like 財 (wealth) and 賄 (bribe) mostly have 貝 as component. Today precious things are also called 寶貝 (treasure). | Buddhist monks wrote sutras on the leaves of the pattra tree. Called 貝葉經 (palm-leaf sutras). Also written as 梖.
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