干贝

Traditional form:

乾貝

Pinyin (reading):

gānbèi

Definitions:

• conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 贝 - sea shell; money, currency

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 貝 - sea shell; money, currency