贝

Traditional (Taiwan): 貝

bèi ㄅㄟˋ

    • cowrie
    • shellfish
    • currency (archaic)
    • surname Bei

Classifiers (measure words)

贝 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read bèi

In the same tone

  • 被 bèi quilt
  • 背 bèi turn one's back
  • 倍 bèi -fold
  • 备 bèi prepare
  • 辈 bèi lifetime

All 21 words read bèi

bei with other tones

All 31 words read bei in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 贝

    部首 radical
    贝
    笔画 strokes
    4
    结构 structure
    独体字

    贝 as a 部首

    贝 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 70 under 贝. Look a character up by the 贝 radical

    Easy to confuse with 贝

    Words with 贝

    Starting with 贝

    All 55 words starting with 贝

    Ending with 贝

    • 宝贝 bǎobèi treasured object
    • 小贝 xiǎobèi "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham
    • 干贝 gānbèi conpoy
    • 拷贝 kǎobèi copy
    • 分贝 fēnbèi decibel

    All 22 words ending with 贝

    Containing 贝

    All 37 words containing 贝

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