I have two books displaying different meannings for characters that look the same to me: What is the difference (if any) among the character for "bèi" (shell, money) and "jiàn" (to see)?
asked Jul 12, 2015 at 21:20
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If you look more carefully, you can see that the last stroke is different.
贝 bèi ends with a 捺 nà stroke.
见 jiàn ends with a 竖湾钩 shùwāngōu, a 'hook'.
Check this list.
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@S.Rhee Although in the simplified character 贝 the lower 2 strokes are 人, I don't see why the last stroke would be 点. I would be interested to see anything online that proves that I am wrong and the last stroke is actually a dot.– imrekJul 12, 2015 at 21:51
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＂教学汉字规范手册＂，汉字的笔画及笔画名称，汉字笔画名称表，第４行：笔画：丶 ，名称：点，例字：小 ，it seems 长点 is still a form of 点，iciba：长点： Long Dot Stroke– user6065Jul 12, 2015 at 22:17
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3Actually 见 is a 人 with a big 目 on top, that is 見 in traditional rendering, which is clear from earlier inscriptions. 人 has been replaced with 儿 in both modern scripts. 贝 on the other hand is a simplification of 貝, which is a stylized image of a shell. 人 is present in the simplified version, but not in the traditional. It is a bit unfortunate, but in reality nobody has any problems differentiate these characters. 已己巳 are tougher in that regard…– user4452Jul 12, 2015 at 22:35