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7 strokes · radical 贝 (cowrie shell) · HSK 4 · traditional 財
10 strokes · HSK 4 · simplified 财
A way to remember it
The radical 贝 is a cowrie shell — money before coins existed. It is still sitting inside most characters about value: 财 wealth, 贵 expensive, 买 buy, 贫 poor.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
wealth
cái — wealth
Radical 贝 (cowrie shell) · 7 strokes · HSK 4 · traditional 財
10 strokes · HSK 4 · simplified 财
A way to remember itThe radical 贝 is a cowrie shell — money before coins existed. It is still sitting inside most characters about value: 财 wealth, 贵 expensive, 买 buy, 贫 poor.