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幣

cash
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingヘイ
Kun readingぬさ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cashRtK
    彼はその貧しい女にパンとそのうえ５ドル紙幣をやった。He gave the poor woman some bread and a five dollar bill besides.tatoeba
    通貨、すなわち、当時だれもが用いていた言い方に従えば、通常の王国法貨を与える代わりに、雇い主は従業員に代用貨幣をあたえていました。そして、この代用貨幣は金属だったり、木だったり、厚紙だったりしました。Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.tatoeba
  2. bad habit
  3. humble prefix
  4. gift
  5. shinto offerings of cloth
  6. rope
  7. cut paper
    入っていたのは紙幣の大きさに切った紙切れだった。They were pieces of paper, cut in the size of bills.tatoeba

Popular Usage

紙幣貨幣

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shredder · small (小) · little (小) · belt · taskmaster · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1118

Compound words

紙幣しへい
paper money; note; bill
貨幣かへい
money; currency; coin
貨幣価値かへいかち
currency value
ご幣ごへい
staff with plaited paper streamers
旧幣きゅうへい
old evils
御幣ごへい
staff with plaited paper streamers
采幣さいはい
baton (of command)
衰幣すいへい
decline
幣帛へいはく
offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)
切り幣きりぬさ
paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods
贋造紙幣がんぞうしへい
counterfeit paper money

Additional Examples

人々はもっと実用的な交換制度を求め、その結果、様々な貨幣制度が発展した。
People needed a more practical system of exchange, so various money systems developed.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 幣

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