鋇 bèi barium Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 貝 represents the sound. Components 釒 釒 Meaning component jīn metal 釒 is a component form of 金. 貝 貝 Sound component bèi sea shell Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpaːds Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 钡 bèi barium Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鋇. Components 钅 钅 Meaning component jīn metal 钅 is a component form of 金. 贝 贝 Sound component bèi sea shell Sources Readings & variants Unicode