<p>If you look more carefully, you can see that the last stroke is different.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>贝 bèi ends with a 捺 nà stroke.</p></li>
<li><p>见 jiàn ends with a 竖湾钩 shùwāngōu, a 'hook'.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Check <a href="http://www.clearchinese.com/chinese-writing/strokes.htm" rel="nofollow">this list</a>. </p>

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2015-07-12T21:44:48.990Z
regarding 贝 could it be that 捺 as in 人 has become 点 ？
user6065
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2015-07-12T21:51:16.607Z
@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.
imrek
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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
user6065
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imrek
<p>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)?</p>

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written characters: bèi vs jiàn
# written characters: bèi vs jiàn

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-12)

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)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-12. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

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](http://www.clearchinese.com/chinese-writing/strokes.htm).

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: regarding 贝 could it be that 捺 as in 人 has become 点 ？  
> **username_1**: @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.  
> **username_2**: ＂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  

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