幣
See also: 币
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Translingual
Han character
幣 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大中月 (FKLB), four-corner 98227, composition ⿱敝巾)
References
- KangXi: page 337, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9088
- Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 753, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5E63
Chinese
trad. | 幣 | |
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simp. | 币* |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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蔽 | *peds |
鄨 | *peds, *ped |
鷩 | *peds, *ped |
彆 | *peds, *peːd |
潎 | *pʰeds, *pʰed |
斃 | *beds, *bed |
敝 | *beds, *bed |
幣 | *beds |
弊 | *beds |
鱉 | *ped |
虌 | *ped |
憋 | *ped, *pʰed, *peːd |
瞥 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
鐅 | *pʰed, *pʰeːd |
嫳 | *bed, *pʰeːd |
撇 | *pʰeːd |
撆 | *pʰeːd |
暼 | *pʰeːd |
蹩 | *beːd |
襒 | *beːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *beds) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 巾 (“towel”).
Etymology
Wang (1982) relates this to 帛 (OC *braːɡ, “silk”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
幣
- money; coin; currency
- Synonym: 錢/钱 (qián)
- 金幣/金币 ― jīnbì ― gold coin
- 紙幣/纸币 ― zhǐbì ― banknote
- 港幣/港币 ― gǎngbì ― Hong Kong dollar
- † silk (as a sacrificial offering or gift)
- † wealth; belongings
- † to give as a gift; to present
Compounds
Derived terms from 幣
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 幣 | |
Kyūjitai [1] | 幣󠄁 幣+ 󠄁 ?(Adobe-Japan1) | |
幣󠄃 幣+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
幣
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- currency
Readings
- Go-on: べ (be)
- Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
- Kun: ぜに (zeni, 幣); たから (takara, 幣); ぬさ (nusa, 幣); みてぐら (mitegura, 幣)
- Nanori: しで (shide); ぬさ (nusa)
Compounds
- 貨幣 (kahei): currency
- 紙幣 (shihei): paper money, bill, note
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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幣 |
ぬさ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 幣 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 幣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- “幣”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Hanja
幣 • (pye) (hangeul 폐, McCune–Reischauer p'ye)
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Vietnamese
Han character
幣: Hán Nôm readings: tệ, giẻ
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