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Codepoint: U+8C9D (35997) Unified

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  1. surname Bei
  2. cowrie
  3. shellfish
  4. currency (archaic)

Unihan definition

sea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154

說文解字

部: 貝部

海介蟲也。居陸名猋,在水名蜬。象形。古者貨貝而寶龜,周而有泉,至秦廢貝行錢。凡貝之屬皆从貝。

康熙字典

部: 貝部0畫 共7畫

【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤博蓋切,音䟺。
【埤雅】貝以其背用,故謂之貝。
【說文】海介蟲也。古者貨貝而寶龜,周而有泉,至秦廢貝行錢。
【爾雅·釋魚】貝居陸贆,在水者蜬,大者魧,小者𧐐。【註】大貝如車渠,細貝亦有紫色者。
【又】餘貾黃白文。【註】黃爲質,白文爲點。
【又】餘泉白黃文。【註】白爲質,黃爲文點,今紫貝也。
【又】蚆博而頯。【註】頯者,中央廣兩頭銳。
【又】蜠大而險。【註】險者,謂汙薄。
【疏】此辨貝居陸,居水,大小文采不同之名也。
【相貝經】朱仲受之於琴高,以遺會稽大守嚴助,其略曰:貝盈尺,狀如赤電黑雲曰紫貝,赤質紅章曰珠貝,靑地綠文曰綬貝,黑文黃畫曰霞貝。下此有浮貝、濯貝、皭貝、慧貝。
又【山海經】隂山漁水中多文貝,邽山濛水多黃貝。
【易·震卦】億喪貝。【註】貝,資貨糧用之屬也。
【書·盤庚】具乃貝玉。
【疏】貝者,水蟲。古人取其甲以爲貨,如今之用錢然。
又【顧命】大貝。
【傳】大貝如車渠。
【史記·平準書】農工商交易之路通,而龜貝金錢刀布之幣興焉。【註】《食貸志》有十朋五貝,皆用爲貨,各有多少,兩貝爲朋,故直二百一十六。
又錦名。
【書·禹貢】厥篚織貝。
【疏】貝,錦名。
【詩·小雅】萋兮斐兮,成是貝錦。
又樂器。
【正字通】梵貝,大可容數斗,乃蠡之大者,南蠻吹以節樂。
又飾也。
【詩·魯頌】貝胄朱綅。
【傳】貝胄,貝飾也。
【疏】貝甲有文章,故以爲飾。
又州名。
【廣韻】周置貝州,以貝丘爲名。
又姓。
【玉篇】貝氏,出淸河貝丘。《姓苑》:古有賢者貝獨坐,唐有貝韜。
又【正韻】邦妹切,音背。義同。
又【集韻】敗古作貝。註詳攴部七畫。

廣韻 Guangyun

部: 去聲|14.泰

布葢切海介蟲也居陸名猋在水名蜬象形古者貨貝而寳龜周有泉至嬴秦始廢貝行錢又州名十四

Variant-specific definitions (3)

蛽 (U+86FD)

康熙字典

【正字通】俗貝字。

贝 (U+8D1D)

Unihan definition

sea shell; money, currency

𪚾 (U+2A6BE)

康熙字典

【搜眞玉鏡】同貝。

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Translingual 2
Fanqie 1
General Chinese (Chao, 1983) 1
Mandarin Chinese 37
Standard Mandarin 1
Beijing 1
Jinan 1
Suzhoushi 1
Woyang 1
Linquan 1
Yingshang 1
Xiaoxian 1
Bengbushi 1
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Liuzhou(Luorong) 1
Huaiyuan 1
Huainan 1
Chuxian(Chuzhou) 1
Hefei 1
Chaoxian(Chaohu) 1
Old National Pronunciation 1
Wuhu 1
Tongcheng(Anhuishengzhi) 1
Xuancheng 1
Guichi 1
Anqing 1
Menggu Ziyun 6
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡎꡭ ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡎꡭ (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): paj ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): paj (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 去 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 去 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Zhongyuan Yinyun 5
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (楊耐思): puei (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (寧繼福): pui (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (薛鳳生): pwɨy (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (unt): puj (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 tone: 去 (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
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Hui Chinese 6
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Huangshan(Tangkou)(Anhuishengzhi) 1
Yixian(Anhuishengzhi) 1
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Gan Chinese 46
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Xiushui 1
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Anyi 1
Fengxin 1
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Min Chinese 41
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Hakka Chinese 61
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Middle Chinese 7
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  • Guangyun Fanqie 廣韻反切: 布葢切 (Guangyun (Siku))
  • Guangyun Rime 廣韻音韻: 泰 (Guangyun (Siku))
  • Guangyun Tone 廣韻聲調: 去聲 (Guangyun (Siku))
Menggu Ziyun 2
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 幫一泰去 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 幫一泰去 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
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