gāiGāi

prepared for

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

prepared for Traditional

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica