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貝
Meanings
Shellfish
Radicals
貝
Decomposition
⿱目八
Etymology
Ideographic: A sea shell, once used as currency
Writing Practice
Stroke
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Stroke Order
1
vertical
right-to-left
2
corner
right-to-left
3
horizontal
bottom-to-top
4
horizontal
bottom-to-top
5
horizontal
left-to-right
6
diagonal
top-right-to-bottom-left
7
dot
top-left-to-bottom-right
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
バイ
bai
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
かい
kai