The 貝 radical, “shell”
Read bèi. 7 strokes.
Inside a character it is also written 贝.
Here are 15 common characters that all carry this radical. It is painted red in each of them; what stays black is what tells them apart.
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huò goods
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cái money
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fù to bear
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sài to compete
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gòu to buy
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tiē to stick
- zī resources
- fèi to cost
- zé duty
- guì expensive
- mào commerce
- zàn to patronize
- pín poor
- lài to depend on
- shǎng to bestow
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.