Moto 幣: Cash; Bad Habit; Humble PrefixKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヘイ
- Kun'yomi
- ぬさ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 54 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヘイ)
- 紙幣しへいpaper money; note
- 貨幣かへいmoney; currency
- 貨幣価値かへいかちcurrency value
- 造幣ぞうへいcoinage; mintage
- 造幣局ぞうへいきょくmint bureau; mint
- ご幣ごへいstaff with plaited paper streamers
- ご幣担ぎごへいかつぎsuperstition; superstitious person
- 不換紙幣ふかんしへいinconvertible paper money; fiat money
- 偽造紙幣ぎぞうしへいfake bill
- 商品貨幣しょうひんかへいcommodity money
- 国幣社こくへいしゃshrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
- 奉幣ほうへいoffering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
- 奉幣使ほうへいしimperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies
- 幣へいstaff with plaited paper streamers
- 幣串へいぐしstaff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei
- 幣制へいせいmonetary system; currency
- 幣帛へいはくoffering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)
- 幣束へいそくofferings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
- 幣殿へいでんhall of offerings (at a shrine)
- 幣物へいもつShinto offerings; present to a guest
- 幣貢へいこうoffering; tribute
- 御幣ごへいstaff with plaited paper streamers
- 御幣担ぎごへいかつぎsuperstition; superstitious person
- 御幣餅ごへいもちskewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
- 御幣餠ごへいもちskewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
- 旧幣きゅうへいold evils; long-standing abuses
- 本位貨幣ほんいかへいstandard money; standard coin
- 法定貨幣ほうていかへいlegal currency
- 現代貨幣理論げんだいかへいりろんModern Monetary Theory; Modern Money Theory
- 衰幣すいへいdecline
- 補助貨幣ほじょかへいsubsidiary coin; subsidiary money
- 記念貨幣きねんかへいcommemorative coin; memorial coin
- 貨幣制度かへいせいどmonetary system; currency system
- 貨幣創出かへいそうしゅつmoney creation
- 貨幣同盟かへいどうめいmonetary union
- 貨幣国定説かへいこくていせつchartalism
- 貨幣学かへいがくnumismatics
- 貨幣数量説かへいすうりょうせつquantity theory of money
- 貨幣石かへいせきnummulite
- 貨幣経済かへいけいざいmonetary economy
- 貨幣錯覚かへいさっかくmoney illusion
- 贋造紙幣がんぞうしへいcounterfeit paper money
- 近似貨幣きんじかへいnear money
- 電子紙幣でんししへいelectronic money
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 切り幣きりぬさpaper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods
- 大幣おおぬさstreamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies)
- 小幣こぬさsmall purification wand
- 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
Other readings
- 切幣きりぬさthinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
- 別格官幣社べっかくかんぺいしゃImperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)
- 官幣社かんぺいしゃshrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)
- 幣辛夷しでこぶしMagnolia praecocissima; shidekobushi Magnolia kobus
- 赤幣あかしでloose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
- 采幣さいはいbaton (of command)
Kanji that often appear with 幣
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