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幣
幣
15 strokes
Frequency: 1803
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

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

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ヘイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ぬさ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
しで

Common Words

采配
さいはい
采幣
Noun
Freq #17733
1

baton (of command)

2

order; command; direction

弊害
へいがい
Noun
Freq #18306
1

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

Examples
喫煙は体に弊害である。
Smoking has an ill effect upon health.
紙幣
しへい
Noun
Freq #18540
1

paper money; note; bill

Examples
５ポンド紙幣をお持ちですか。
Do you have a five-pound note?
貨幣
かへい
Noun
Freq #20285
1

money; currency; coin

Examples
この代用貨幣では、会社の直営店に行き、その店で食料品や衣料を買うことしかできませんでした。
With the token they could only go to the company shop and buy food or clothing from that shop.
貨幣価値
かへいかち
Noun
Freq #63816
1

currency value

Examples
国民総生産は一定の期間における一国の財及びサービスを貨幣価値で計った総生産高である。
Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services during a given period of time as measured in monetary value.
幣
へい
ぬさ
Noun
Freq #65350
1

Shinto

staff with plaited paper streamers

旧弊
きゅうへい
旧幣
Freq #65929
1

Common noun

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; outdated notions

Examples
旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded; antiquated

幣
まい
Noun
Archaic
Freq #68601
1

reward; present; gift; offering to the gods

御幣
ご幣
ごへい
おんべい (御幣)
おんべ (御幣)
Noun
Honorific
Freq #68811
1

Shinto

staff with plaited paper streamers

貨幣経済
かへいけいざい
Noun
Freq #73512
1

monetary economy

Examples
ほとんど全ての社会が今日では、何らかの硬貨と紙幣に基づいた貨幣経済を持っている。
Almost all societies now have a money economy based on coins and paper bills of one kind or another.
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