Read Edit View history 贝 bèiBèi HSK4 sea shell Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 09:40 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 09:40 PM 貝 Simplified form of 貝. Pictograph of a cowrie shell. In ancient China such shells were used as currency. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode