| Uni: | 8C9D |
| Meaning: | shell |
| Pny: | bèi |
| Bopo: | ㄅㄟˋ |
| Wade: | pei4 |
| Jyutping: | bui3 |
| Yale: | bui3 |
| Cn: | (Side) 貝字旁/贝字旁 bèizìpáng (Bottom) 貝字底/贝字底 bèizìdǐ |
| Onyomi: | ハイ hai / バイ bai |
| Kunyomi: | かい kai |
| Jp: | 貝/かい kai 貝偏/かいへん kaihen 小貝/こがい kogai (as opposed to 大貝/おおがい ōgai standing for 頁) |
| Hang: | 조개 jogae |
| Hanja: | 패 pae |
Radical 154 or radical shell meaning "" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 277 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
, The simplified form of, is the 76 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form is listed as its associated indexing component.
| Strokes | Characters (貝) | Characters (贝) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0 | SC (=貝) | ||
| +2 | SC (=貞) SC (=負) SC (=貟) | ||
| +3 | SC (=貢) SC (=財) | ||
| +4 | (= -> 玉) (=質) (=貳) | SC (=責) SC (=賢) SC (= -> 攴) SC (=賬) SC (=貨) SC (=質) SC (=販) SC (=貪) SC (=貧) SC (=貶) SC (=購) SC (=貯) SC (=貫) | |
| +5 | SC (=貳) SC (=賤) SC (=賁) SC (=貰) SC (=貼) SC (=貴) SC (=貺) SC (=貸) SC (=貿) SC (=費) SC (=賀) SC (=貽) | ||
| +6 | (= -> 心) (=贓) JP (=賤) | SC (=賊) SC (=贄) SC (=賈) SC (=賄) SC (=貲) SC (=賃) SC (=賂) SC (=贓) SC (=資) SC (=賅) SC (=贐) | |
| +7 | (=賓) (=贓) | SC (=賕) SC (=賑) SC (=賚) SC (=賒) | |
| +8 | (=贊) (= -> 齊) | SC (=賦) SC (=賭) SC (=賫= -> 齊) SC (=贖) SC (=賞) SC (=賜) SC (=贔) SC (=賙) SC (=賡) SC (=賠) SC (=賧) | |
| +9 | (=贐) | SC (=賴) SC (=賵) | |
| +10 | (= -> 齊) (= -> 刀) | SC (=贅) SC (=賻) SC (=賺) SC (=賽) | |
| +11 | SC (=賾) | ||
| +12 | (=贗) | SC (=贗) SC (=贊) SC (=贇) SC (=贈) | |
| +13 | SC (=贍) SC (=贏) | ||
| +14 | (=贛) (=賢) | ||
| +15 | (=賞) | ||
| +16 | |||
| +17 | SC (=贛) | ||
| +18 | (=贓) |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji