cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : 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

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

= + : 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).
eight; 8

= 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

variant of 恤[xu4]
variant of 齎|赍[ji1]
variant of 贗|赝[yan4]
old variant of 員|员[yuan2]
old variant of 賅|赅[gai1]
pearls or shells strung together
to bribe
to give to the needy / to bestow alms / charity
(gem)
money and property
(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement / river / Taiwan pr. [tan4]
farewell presents
(literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses
pay an advance / silk book cover

Words with 貝

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
conpoy / dried scallop
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[Ma3 ke4 · Tu3 wen1]
Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name) / Harbel (town in Liberia)
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
tempeh (loanword)
see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4]
kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Sentences with 貝

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