Memory phrase for the character: 貝

貝

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Meaning

shell

Pronunciation

kai

Explanation

Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 (Shells were used as substitute for money, therefore its further meaning as 'money' when used as a radical.)

Mnemonic

A shell with feelers.

Radicals

貝

money

Shows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.

Vocabulary

貝	かい	shell, shellfish
貝殻	かいがら	shell
貝焼き	かい･やき	shellfish baked in the shell

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