貝
shellfish
7 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 1787.
Readings
- かい (kun reading): 貝 (かい) shellfish; 貝殻 (かいがら) seashell
- バイ (on reading): 貝貨 (ばいか) shell money; 貝葉 (ばいよう) palm-leaf manuscript
Components
Kanji containing 貝
- 員 employee
- 資 assets
- 費 expense
- 質 substance
- 賞 prize
- 負 defeat
- 財 property
- 敗 failure
- 買 buy
- 責 blame
- 販 marketing
- 貿 trade
- 則 rule
- 貨 freight
- 賛 approve
- 購 subscription
- 貢 tribute
- 賃 fare
- 貴 precious
- 貸 lend
- 贈 presents
- 賀 congratulations
- 貯 savings
- 貫 pierce
- 賢 intelligent
- 貧 poverty
- 賠 compensation
- 鎖 chain
- 賄 bribe
- 貞 upright
- 賓 V.I.P.
- 賭 gamble
- 賊 burglar
- 唄 song
- 賜 grant
- 贅 luxury
- 贋 counterfeit
- 貰 get
- 貼 stick
- 頁 page
- 屓 exerting strength
- 狽 wolf
- 戝 pirate
- 貪 covet
- 貭 matter
- 貮 number two
- 貶 degrade
- 貳 two
- 貽 leave behind
- 賁 decorate
- 貲 treasure
- 賂 bribe
- 賈 buy
- 賍 bribery
- 賎 despise
- 瑣 small
- 賑 flourish
- 賚 gift
- 賣 sell
- 賤 despise
And 19 more.
Words using 貝
- 貝 (かい) shellfish
- 貝殻 (かいがら) seashell
- 二枚貝 (にまいがい) bivalve
- 帆立貝 (ほたてがい) Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
- 赤貝 (あかがい) blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)
- 貝貨 (ばいか) shell money
- 貝葉 (ばいよう) palm-leaf manuscript
- 貝多羅葉 (ばいたらよう) pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
- 貝多羅 (ばいたら) pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
- 貝部 (ばいぶ) kanji "shell" radical (154)
74 words in all.