Kanji
幣
kanji character
cash
bad habit
humble prefix
gift
Shinto offerings of cloth
rope
cut paper
幣 kanji-幣 cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper
幣
Meaning
cash bad habit humble prefix
Readings
Kun'yomi
- おお ぬさ streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies)
- こ ぬさ small purification wand
- きり ぬさ thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
On'yomi
- へい がい harmful effect
- し へい paper money
- か へい money
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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幣 害 harmful effect, harmful influence, evil practice... -
紙 幣 paper money, note, bill -
貨 幣 money, currency, coin -
幣 reward, present, gift... -
造 幣 coinage, mintage -
貨 幣 価 値 currency value - ご
幣 staff with plaited paper streamers -
幣 制 monetary system, currency -
幣 帛 offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.) -
幣 物 Shinto offerings, present to a guest -
幣 束 offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines -
幣 貢 offering, tribute -
幣 串 staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei -
幣 殿 hall of offerings (at a shrine) -
旧 幣 old evils, long-standing abuses, old-fashioned ways... -
御 幣 staff with plaited paper streamers -
采 幣 baton (of command), order, command... -
衰 幣 decline -
奉 幣 offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god -
赤 幣 loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora), akashide -
大 幣 streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies)... -
小 幣 small purification wand, thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) -
切 幣 thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) -
幣 辛 夷 Magnolia praecocissima, shidekobushi Magnolia kobus -
切 り幣 paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods -
幣 を奉 るto offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god -
奉 幣 使 imperial messenger to a shrine, envoy returning courtesies -
官 幣 社 shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji) -
国 幣 社 shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) -
貨 幣 学 numismatics