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Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 㬰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貴.
Components
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 㬰 than it was in ancient scripts. Depicts a shell, used as currency in ancient China.
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.525-526