cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

贝 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: ⺆ looks like a staple, as used in a stapler.

Zeus (ju) wants to plant bananas (丿) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He uses a plow (㇆) to dig up the earth and puts the bananas inside. To prevent the bananas from falling down, he staples them down with a stapler (⺆).
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 贝 as component

two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray

= + + : When St John saw Albert Einstein (Ø) shoot capacitors (二) at a crab (贝) with a bow (弋) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he handed him his second epistle (贰, 约翰贰书) telling Albert that he feels betrayed (贰).
fragmentary / trifling
to present / to bequeath
to continue (as a song)
to chant / see 梵唄|梵呗[fan4 bai4]
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
to provide relief / to aid
variant of 罌|罂[ying1]
earthen jar with small mouth
good appearance
to bestow / to confer
superfluous / redundant / cumbersome / refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family
barium (chemistry)
gifts to superiors
used in 嗩吶|唢呐[suo3 na4]
to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive
variant of 齎|赍[ji1]
to present (a gift) / to harbor (a feeling)
send / to present in both hands
variant of 贗|赝[yan4]

Words with 贝

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
conpoy / dried scallop
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[Ma3 ke4 · Tu3 wen1]
Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name) / Harbel (town in Liberia)
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
tempeh (loanword)
see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4]
kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Sentences with 贝

zhè
bǎo
bèi
dà
yǒu
lái
lì