幣

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See also: 币
幣 U+5E63, 幣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E63
← 幢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幤 →

Translingual

Han character

幣 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火大中月 (FKLB), four-corner 98227, composition ⿱敝巾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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
simp. 币*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
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／形声, OC *beds) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 巾 (“towel”) to indicate silk given as a gift or sacrificed. The phonetic component contains as well a reference to a cloth.

Etymology

Wang (1982) relates this to 帛 (OC *braːɡ, “silk”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 幣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 毗祭切
Baxter bjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/biajH/
Li
Rong 		/biɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/bĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjiejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*e-s/
English offering of silk

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幣
Reading # 1/1
No. 634
Phonetic
component 		敝
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		獘
Old
Chinese 		/*beds/

Definitions

幣

  1. money; coin; currency
    Synonym: 錢／钱
    金幣／金币  ―  jīnbì  ―  gold coin
    紙幣／纸币  ―  zhǐbì  ―  banknote
    港幣／港币  ―  gǎngbì  ―  Hong Kong dollar
  2. † silk (as a sacrificial offering or gift)
  3. † wealth; belongings
  4. † to give as a gift; to present

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 幣
Kyūjitai
[1]
幣󠄁
幣+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
幣󠄃
幣+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

幣

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. currency

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
幣
ぬさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

幣(ぬさ) • (nusa) 

  1. (Shinto) paper or cloth offered on skewers before a shrine (see also 幣(へい) (hei))
  2. (historical) a farewell gift
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
幣
へい
Grade: S
kan'on

Noun

幣(へい) • (hei) 

  1. (Shinto) a staff with cut paper streamers, offered to the gods
    Synonym: 御幣 (gohei)
  2. things offered to the Emperor
  3. a crest pattern of a stylised hei
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
幣
みてぐら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

幣(みてぐら) • (mitegura) 

  1. (Shinto, historical) material, non-comestible offerings to the gods, often textiles

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
幣
まい
Grade: S
irregular

Noun

幣(まい) • (mai) ←まひ (mafi)?

  1. (archaic) something offered as a reward, either to a god or a person

References

  1. ^ “幣”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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Wikisource

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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