What does the word Otawa beside the word "Bei" have to do with?

Most of the words next to the word "Bei" are related to money treasures, decorations or trade goods.

Compound Chinese characters with the word "Bei" as the radical are related to the original meaning of the word "Bei" in Dachuan. Beizi is a kind of writing evolved from ancient hieroglyphics. Shellfish is a general term for mollusks with shells, such as clams, pearl shells, meretrix meretrix, and so on.

With the progress and evolution of society, people will regard precious shells as money and precious and beautiful decorations. After the currency in circulation was replaced by metal products, people used shellfish as the monetary unit. Therefore, in the ideographic writing of Chinese characters, most of the Chinese characters next to the word Bei are related to money.