The radical 贝 (bèi) means “shell” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 貝.
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Characters with radical
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贵
(adj.) expensive, valuable | (n.) Gui (the abbreviation of Guizhou Province) | (v.) the value lies in | (adj.) (polite expression) your | (char.) (of people) noble, powerful, honored; highly valued
卖
(v.) sell; betray (one's country or friends); spare no effort; show off; make a living by one's skill
赢
(v.) win; gain profit
赚
(v./n.) to make a profit; to earn (money); (informal) profit | (v.) (lit.) to deceive, to hoax
宾
(char.) guest
责
(char.) duty, responsibility | (char.) to blame; to demand; to interrogate; to punish by beating
资
(char.) money, goods, resource; natural ability; qualification; material, data; to support, aid or provide
购
(v.) buy
费
(n.) fee, charge; cost | (v.) to cost, to spend, to waste
货
(n.) goods, commodities; currency, money; (derogatory) referring to a person (calling names, cursing)
质
(n.) quality; character, nature | (char.) matter, substance; simple, plain; to question; (lit.) to pawn; (lit.) pledge, hostage
贺
(char.) congratulate
贝
(n.) shell | (radical.) shell
财
(n.) money; wealth
赞
(char.) to praise; to assist, to support; like (social media)
贷
(n./v.) loan; to borrow, to lend; to shirk (responsibility)
贡
(char.) tribute; pay tribute, contribute
账
(n.) account; account book; bill, loan
贸
(char.) deal, exchange; without careful consideration
赔
(v.) lose money in business; compensate; apologize
贴
(v.) paste, stick; keep close to; help out (financially) | (char./m.) allowance, subsidy; (measure word for medicated plaster) piece
赏
(v./n.) to award; to view and admire; to appreciate; to honor... with one's presence; reward, award
贬
(v.) to reduce in value, to depreciate | (v.) (lit.) to demote, to degrade; to belittle, to disparage
贩
(v.) (of merchant) to buy and resell, to trade | (char.) seller, monger
赋
(v./n.) endow with; compose (a poem); (in ancient times) land tax, levy; (literary genre) prose poem, rhyme prose
贯
(char./m.) pass through; link up; be versed in; file in and out; one's native place; (old measure word) a string of (1000 coins)
贿
(v.) bribe
赂
(char.) gift given as a bribe; to bribe
贫
(char.) poor, impoverished; be inadequate, be short of; a term of humble self-address for monk or nun | (adj.) (dialect) garrulous, loquacious, talkative
负
(v./adj.) shoulder, bear; suffer; lose, fail; owe, bear debt to; (math.) minus; (electrics) negative | (char.) carry (on the back); to rely on, to have at one's back; to enjoy; to betray
