Level XIV of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 1709 / 2,608
Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.
More common than 傘 (Umbrella), less common than 翔 (Soar).
The character 貝 (shellfish) looks like a clam shell — two halves of a shell with lines showing the ridges, a shellfish from the ocean floor.
貝 is rank 1709 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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