JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 幣: "cash, bad habit, humble prefix"
The kanji 幣 means "cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ヘイ in on'yomi and ぬさ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ぬさ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1803 of 2,501 |
Common words with 幣
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 紙幣paper money; note; bill
- 貨幣money; currency; coin
- 貨幣価値currency value
- 幣staff with plaited paper streamers
- 御幣staff with plaited paper streamers
- 貨幣経済monetary economy
- 造幣局mint; mint bureau
- 造幣局Japan Mint
- 造幣coinage; mintage
- 貨幣制度monetary system; currency system
- 幣帛offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)
- 幣束offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
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