U+8D1D "贝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
贝
U+8D1D "贝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally depicted a cowrie shell, which served as an early form of currency in ancient China. This meaning is reflected in its modern usage, as "贝" is a common radical in many Chinese characters related to wealth, property, or trade, such as "买" (to buy) and "贵" (expensive). As a standalone character, it can mean "shellfish" or "treasure," and it is frequently found in both historical texts and contemporary writing as a key component of the Chinese writing system, representing a foundational concept in the language's economic and cultural history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D1D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 贝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 贝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB4 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d1d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275968 |
| kCangjie | BO |
| kCantonese | bui3 |
| kDefinition | sea shell; money, currency |
| kEACC | 275968 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7780 |
| kGB0 | 1720 |
| kHanYu | 63622.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bèi(49) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63622.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3134 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8BE8 |
| kTGH | 2013:114 |
| kKangXi | 1213.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6296 |
| kMandarin | bèi |
| kMorohashi | 36656 |
| kPhonetic | 1083 |
| kRSUnicode | 154'.0 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 014.060:bèi |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "貝" U+8C9D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0048.030:bèi |