Radical ⾙ (154)

{貝} *pˤats “cowrie shell”

Depiction of a cowrie shell.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (520)

Forms:

贝 - Shortening based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form in China.

Shortening of 貝 based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form of 貝 in China.

• Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (42).