Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 卉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "adornment". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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奔 dash寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
贲
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
贲
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
贲
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
贲
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
贲
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贲
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贲 / 賁 [Bēn]
surname Ben
贲 / 賁 [bēn]
energetic
贲 / 賁 [bì]
bright
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