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貝
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
贝
🇨🇳

shellfish

HSK 10 N2
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
bèi
バイ
かい
패
Pictograph of a cowrie shell. In ancient China such shells were used as currency.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贝 / 貝 [Bèi]
surname Bei
贝 / 貝 [bèi]
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
Japanese
貝 、 介 (rare) かい 同音

noun

  1. shellfish
  2. seashell; shell
貝 バイ 、 ばい 同音

noun

  1. usually kana Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
  2. abbrev. spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
Japanese Names
貝 かい
Kai female given namesurname
貝 かいきょう
Kaikyō unclassified name
貝 しぇる
Sheru female given name
CHINESE WORDS (123)
宝贝 [bǎo​bèi] #296
treasured object
贝尔 [Bèi​'ěr] #8,772
Bell (person name)
诺贝尔 [Nuò​bèi​'ěr] #15,058
Nobel (Prize)
小贝 [Xiǎo​bèi] #13,466
"Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[Bèi​kè​hàn​mǔ])
拷贝 [kǎo​bèi] #8,951
copy
贝克汉姆 [Bèi​kè​hàn​mǔ] #19,411
Beckenham or Beckham (name)
贝壳 [bèi​ké] #9,786
shell
诺贝尔奖 [Nuò​bèi​'ěr​Jiǎng] #14,139
Nobel Prize
贝鲁特 [Bèi​lǔ​tè] #16,578
Beirut, capital of Lebanon
贝克 [Bèi​kè] #7,866
Baker or Becker (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (195)
⭐ 貝 [かい] #10,245
shellfish
⭐ 頁 [ページ] #18,367
page
⭐ 貝殻 [かいがら] #20,422
seashell
⭐ 魚介類 [ぎょかいるい] #33,108
marine products
⭐ 魚介 [ぎょかい] #36,016
marine products
貝塚 [かいづか] #62,731
shell heap
貝類 [かいるい] #66,623
shellfish
ほら貝 [ほらがい] #70,610
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis)
貝柱 [かいばしら] #72,150
adductor muscle
巻き貝 [まきがい] #72,391
snail
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
어패류
fish and shellfish