幣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

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

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ぬさ
Nanori (used in names)
  • しで
Other languages
  • 拼音bi4
  • 한글pye
  • Hán-ViệtTệ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5E63

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱敝巾

Words using this kanji

  • へい(ぬさ)神前に供える布又は紙。staff with plaited paper streamers
  • まい(ぬさ)神前に供える布又は紙。reward, present, gift, offering to the gods
  • 幣制へいせいmonetary system, currency
  • 幣帛へいはく神に供えるもの。みてぐら。ぬさ。offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)
  • 幣物へいもつShinto offerings, present to a guest
  • 幣束へいそく麻の繊維または細長く切った紙を束ね、結んだ所に柄を付けたもの。offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
  • 幣貢へいこうoffering, tribute
  • 幣串へいぐしstaff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei
  • 幣殿へいでんhall of offerings (at a shrine)
  • 幣を奉るぬさをたてまつるto offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(51 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-12-3
Four Corner
9822.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3f12.4
Heisig
1118
Nelson
1490