Hanja Analyzer
貝

貝 — pae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
조개 패
Romanization
pae
English
sea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154
Mandarin
bèi
Japanese on'yomi
バイ, ハイ
Japanese kun'yomi
かい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#1,787 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
貝 (154, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+8C9D

Parts that make up 貝

  • 目 눈 목 눈보는 일과 눈으로 하는 판단
  • 八 여덟 팔 좌우로 갈라진 획 둘나뉘고 갈라지는 것

Korean example words with 貝

  • 치패稚貝 Korean gloss: 어린 조개
  • 보패寶貝 Korean gloss: ‘보배’의 원말
  • 성패成貝 Korean gloss: 다 자란 조개.
  • 패갑貝甲 Korean gloss: 조개의 껍데기.
  • 금은보패金銀寶貝 Korean gloss: ‘금은보배’의 원말
  • 밀화패영蜜花貝纓 Korean gloss: 밀화 구슬을 꿰어 단 갓끈
  • 패석貝石 Korean gloss: 조가비가 많이 붙어 있는 돌.
  • 종패種貝 Korean gloss: 씨를 받기 위하여 기르는 조개.
  • 패분貝粉 Korean gloss: 금조개 껍데기를 갈아 낸 가루.
  • 어패魚貝 Korean gloss: 물고기와 조개를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 화패貨貝 Korean gloss: 예전에, 화폐로 통용하던 조개껍데기.
  • 패화貝貨 Korean gloss: 원시인들이 쓰던, 조개껍데기로 만든 돈.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 貝

  • 貝かい shellfish; seashell; shell
  • 貝殻かいがら seashell; shell
  • 貝塚かいづか shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
  • 巻き貝まきがい snail; spiral shell
  • 貝貨ばいか shell money
  • 貝柱かいばしら adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
  • 貝毒かいどく shellfish poison
  • 貝類かいるい shellfish
  • 赤貝あかがい blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
  • 貝割かいわり radish sprout
  • 鳥貝とりがい Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)
  • 宝貝たからがい cowrie; cowry

Other hanja read “패”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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