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