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Kanji Detail for 幣 - "offering, currency"

幣

  • Meaning

    幣 means "offering, currency." Also associated with treasure.

    1. Offering - Something presented to a deity.

    2. Currency - Money; medium of exchange.

    3. Treasure - Something of great value.

    4. Gift - Something given to another.

  • Words using 幣

    • 紙幣 しへい Listen paper money; note; bill
    • 貨幣 かへい Listen money; currency; coin

  • Tattoo check: 幣

    • Verified meaning: offering, currency
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しで, ぬさ, ふくうえ, ふくぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: treasure

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 幣

    Surnames 幣(しで)Listen 幣(ぬさ)Listen 幣(ふくうえ)Listen 幣(ふくぎ)Listen 幣(ふくば)Listen 幣(ふくまつ)Listen 幣(へい)Listen 幣(みねまつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cash; bad habit; humble prefix; gift; Shinto offerings of cloth; rope; cut paper

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    currency, coins, legal tender

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    money; coins; currency; silk

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    currency, coins, legal tender

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Silk. Anciently a common gift item. | Money. In high antiquity, pearls and jade were upper currency; gold was middle currency; knives and spades were lower currency. After Han, coins became currency.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hei(ヘイ) ヘイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nusa(ぬさ) ぬさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    offering currency treasure gift money tribute coin banknotes bills cash denomination economy exchange finance payment tender trade

Sentences including 幣

  • Do you have a five-pound note?

  • I lost a ten-dollar note.

  • John works at the mint.

  • Money circulates through the banking system.

  • Could you give me some change for this ten dollar bill?

  • Sally exchanged a twenty-dollar bill for five-dollar bills.

  • They were pieces of paper, cut in the size of bills.

  • Give me five tens and the rest in ones.

  • He gave the poor woman some bread and a five dollar bill besides.

  • Change this dollar bill for ten dimes.

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