币

币

See also: 幣 and 帀

币 U+5E01, 币 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E01 ← 帀 [U+5E00] CJK Unified Ideographs 市 → [U+5E02]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 幣 (敝 → 丿)

Han character

币 (radical 50, 巾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹中月 (HLB), composition ⿱丿巾 or ⿻亻冂)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 328, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8774
• Dae Jaweon: page 632, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 728, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5E01

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 币 – see 印 (“stamp; seal; trace; mark; sign; etc.”). (This character, 币, is a variant form of 印.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 币 – see 幣 (“currency”). (This character, 币, is the simplified and variant form of 幣.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.