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

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).

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

xù = xu + Ø4

variant of 恤[xu4]

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

variant of 齎|赍[ji1]

yàn = y + an4

variant of 贗|赝[yan4]

yuán = yu + an2

old variant of 員|员[yuan2]

ga̅i = g + ai1

old variant of 賅|赅[gai1]

yìng = y + (e)ng4

pearls or shells strung together

qiú = qi + ou2

to bribe

zho̅u = zh + ou1

to give to the needy / to bestow alms / charity

che̅n = ch + (e)n1

(gem)

suì = su + ei4

money and property

dǎn = d + an3

(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement / river / Taiwan pr. [tan4]

jìn = ji + (e)n4

farewell presents

fèng = f + (e)ng4

(literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses

tǎn = t + an3

pay an advance / silk book cover

Words with 貝

Bell (person name)

shell / conch / cowry / mother of pearl / hard outer skin / also pr. [bei4 qiao4]

Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt

bass (loanword) / bass guitar

Belgrade, capital of Serbia

Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland

Benetton, clothes company

Bell Labs

Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)

Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia

Belmopan, capital of Belize

Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011

Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect

Bellamy

bass guitar

bagel (loanword)

the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops

r

erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳[bei4 ke2]

the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)

Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)

Sentences with 貝

貝 currently does not appear in any sentence.