貝

bèi = b + ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

貝 character breakdown

貝
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 目
  - 二
    - 一
  - 囗

目

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 貝 as component

贫

貧

pín = pi + (e)n2

poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous

贫 = 分 + 贝 : Pocahontas (pi) has the crab (贝) cut her hair while stopping the time with a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). While the crab cuts quite fast, the resulting hairstyle is of very poor (贫) quality.

贿

賄

huì = hu + ei4

bribe / bribery

贿 = 有 + 贝 : In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) Helga Horse (hu) is bribing (贿) the crab (贝) with its favorite food, confetti (有).

贿

賄

huì = hu + ei4

(bound form) bribery

赌

賭

dǔ = du + Ø3

to bet / to gamble

赌 = 者 + 贝 : Doggy Dog (du) and the Sun King (者) are gambling (赌) for a crab (贝) inside of the space station (Ø3).

贷

貸

dài = d + ai4

to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive

贷 = 代 + 贝 : Don Quixote (d) asks the crab (贝) for a loan (贷) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) so that he can continue his adventures, but the crab can only offer him a few tokens (代) for the washing machine.

赋

賦

fù = fu + Ø4

poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with

赋 = 武 + 贝 : The crab (贝) feels very sorry for Frieda Fox (fu) because she has no shelter to protect her, so one day he bestows (赋) her with a tank (武) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

贪

貪

ta̅n = t + an1

to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt

贪 = 今 + 贝 : The crab (贝) is so greedy (贪) that it rented out its shell to Tecumseh (t) to live in in front of the anthill (an1). It can't wait for the first day of the month to appear on its rip-off calendar (今) so that it can go to collect the rent.

赎

贖

shú = shu + Ø2

to redeem / to ransom

贱

賤

jiàn = ji + an4

inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my

贱 = 戋 + 贝 : Joan of Arc (ji) is patiently waiting for the other person to finish using the floating tank (戋) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but as she finds that a crab (贝) has been using it she thinks that the crab is way too lowly (贱) compared to her and that the floating tank has to be regarded as untouchable (贱).

赁

賃

lìn = li + (e)n4

to rent

赁 = 任 + 贝 : Li Qingzhao (li) rented (赁) a crab (贝) to clear out the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but she also got a heap of paper (任) she has to go through in order to know how to handle the crab.

赔

賠

péi = p + ei2

to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss

赔 = 咅 + 贝 : Pinocchio (p) accidentally made a big poo-poo (咅) on the crab (贝) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). He offers to compensate (赔) the crab for it by bathing it.

贬

貶

biǎn = bi + an3

to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate

贬 = 乏 + 贝 : Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.

赚

賺

zhuàn = zhu + an4

to earn / to make a profit

赚 = 兼 + 贝 : The crab (贝) is making a living (赚) by working as double (兼) for Julian Giant Squid (zhu) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). It's hard for her to handle all the tentacles though.

赚

賺

zuàn = zu + an4

to cheat / to swindle

贰

貳

èr = Ø + Ø4

two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray

贰 = 弋 + 二 + 贝 : When St John saw Albert Einstein (Ø) shoot capacitors (二) at a crab (贝) with a bow (弋) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he handed him his second epistle (贰, 约翰贰书) telling Albert that he feels betrayed (贰).

贻

貽

yí = y + Ø2

to present / to bequeath

鵙

jú = ju + Ø2

a shrike

呗

唄

bei = b + ei5

modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way

呗