Watch picture and learn character (8) Shell - 贝（貝）

Evolution of character Shell

 

From left to right: 

shell bone script, bronze script, big seal script, small seal script, clerical script

 

Shell

 

Explanation

Shell bone script of character Shell: an opened shell.

Big seal script of character Shell: a living shell, the bottom is the open mouth of the shell. 

Small seal script of character Shell: Similar to big seal script.

Clerical script of character Shell: similar to small seal script, except the bottom of the shell, the two sides of the mouth become two dots.

Song Typeface of character Shell: the shell is empty inside, and completely open on the bottom, lost most pictography.

The pinyin of the character Shell is Bei4.