贾 Strokes Write it Listen 贾 jiǎ merchant; to buy, to trade; surname HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 贝 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from覀soundxīwest, western, westward贝meaningbèisea shell; money, currency How it works贝 hints at the meaning (money), and 覀 xī hints at the sound.