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貝 = 目 + 八
貝 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shellfish”. It is built from 目 (eye) and 八 (eight). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 56. It appears as a component in 48 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- shellfish
- RTK frame
- 56
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- バイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- clam, oyster, ракушка
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 貝 sea shell
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 貝
- 唄 pop song
- 貞 upright
- 員 employee
- 貼 post a bill
- 頁 page
- 負 defeat
- 賄 bribe
- 貢 tribute
- 則 rule
- 貫 pierce
- 貯 savings
- 賂 graft
- 敗 failure
- 賊 burglar
- 賦 levy
- 資 assets
- 賠 compensation
- 贈 presents
- 賓 v.i.p.
- 財 property
- 販 marketing
- 貧 poverty
- 賞 prize
- 買 buy
- 賛 approve
- 賢 intelligent
- 賀 congratulations
- 賃 fare
- 貸 lend
- 貨 freight
- 賜 grant
- 質 substance
- 費 expense
- 賭 gamble
- 貿 trade
- 責 blame
- 貪 covet
- 貴 precious
- 購 subscription
- 鎖 chain
…and 8 more. See them all in the interactive search.
How to find 貝 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eye” + “eight”. 貝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 貝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.