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贝柱

bèi zhù

2-character word Traditional 貝柱

What 贝柱 means

1. the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops

The characters in 贝柱

• 贝bèicowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 柱zhùpillar

Sounds the same

Read bèi zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 备注remarks column (abbr. for 备注栏; remarks; notes (written in such a column)

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