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Seal font (Chongxi):

Mandarin: bèi

Sino-Vietnamese: buổi

Japanese: バイ (bai) ; ハイ (hai) ; かい (kai)

Korean: PHAY / 배 ; — / 패

Unihan definition: sea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154

Variants: , 𪚾

Shuowen entry
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。

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