Read Edit View history Discussion 贸 mào HSK5 trade Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Jan 15, 2022, 07:39 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 15, 2022, 07:39 PM verify Changed fields: isVerified, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貿. Components 卯 卯 Sound component 贝 贝 Meaning component In ancient China shells were used as currency. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode