Radical
Strokes
4
Residual strokes
Not recorded
Mandarin
bèi
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
Not recorded
Strokes
4 strokes
Mandarin
bèi

Definitions by reading

buê3
Mandarin equivalent bèi
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng buê3 Chenghai buê3 Jieyang buê3 Raoping buê3 Shantou buê3
①〔宝贝〕
②珍奇的东西
③对孩子的爱称
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001
buê6
Mandarin equivalent bèi
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng buê6 Chenghai buê6 Jieyang buê6 Raoping buê6 Shantou buê6
①蛤蜊、刀蚌等有介壳的软体动物的总称
②古代用贝壳做的货币
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
幫母 一等 口 泰韵 去声 博蓋切
Reconstruction:
Original

說文曰海介蟲也居陸名贆在水名蜬象形古者貨貝而寶龜亦州名春秋時屬晉七國屬趙秦爲鉅鹿郡漢爲清河郡周置貝州以貝丘爲名博蓋切十四