This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

A person 人 carrying a lot of money 貝

  • 負 load, burden; to carry, to bear fù
    • ⺈ undefined
    • 貝 sea shell; money, currency bèi
      • 目 eye; to look, to see; division, topic mù
      • 八 eight; all around, all sides bā
負 fù load, burden to carry, to bear 賴懶瀨癩籟

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