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

赃

贓

za̅ng = z + ang1

stolen goods / booty / spoils

赃 = 贝 + 庄 : Zorro (z) is piercing up the crab (贝) with his rapier in front of the anglepod (ang1). He has caught it red handed (赃) with stolen goods (赃) from the farmstead (庄) next to the anglepod.

宝

寳

bǎo = b + ao3

variant of 寶|宝[bao3]

宝 = 宀 + 玉 : Beelzebub is busy drawing fake jewels and jade bracelets from a graduation cap in the aorta. He uses his magic graduation cap to change coal into precious treasure like jewels and jade bracelets to deceive and seduce humanity.

账

賬

zhàng = zh + ang4

account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]

账 = 贝 + 长 : The crab (贝) opened a bank account (账) at the James II of England's (zh) bank in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but the crab soon owns a lot of money to James II of England. One day James II of England has enough and confiscates the crab's longboard (长) to cover the debt.

赂

賂

lù = lu + Ø4

bribe / bribery

赂 = 各 + 贝 : Lenny Lemur (lu) needs to use the space station's bathroom (Ø4) but it is still occupied by the crab (贝), so Lenny tries to bribe (赂) it with a star (各).

狈

狽

bèi = b + ei4

a legendary wolf / distressed / wretched

狈 = 犭 + 贝 : Beelzebub (b) is having a dachshund (犭) mate with a crab (贝) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) hoping to breed a legendary wolf (狈).

賛

zàn = z + an4

variant of 贊|赞[zan4]

赞 = 兟 + 贝 : The two FLOTUS (兟) visit Zorro (z) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and as they see that he lost his rapier and has to fight with a crab (贝) as a weapon instead, they decide instantaneously to become his patrons (赞) and to pay him $1 for each defeated villain.

赡

贍

shàn = sh + an4

to support / to provide for

贮

貯

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3]

赓

賡

ge̅ng = g + (e)ng1

to continue (as a song)