賺 zhuànzuàn HSK6 make money Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 兼 represents the sound. Components 貝 貝 Meaning component bèi sea shell In ancient China shells were used as currency. 兼 兼 Sound component jiān double Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangr'eːms Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 赚 zhuàn make money Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 兼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賺. Components 贝 贝 Meaning component bèi sea shell In ancient China shells were used as currency. 兼 兼 Sound component jiān double Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode