幣 [币] bì
noun
: money; coins; currency
: silk
幣 | ぬさ nusa
noun
: staff with plaited paper streamers used in Shinto
幣 | へい hei
noun
: staff with plaited paper streamers used in Shinto
幣[币]值 bi4zhi2: value of a currency
幣別 [币别] bi4bie2: specific currency
幣[币]制 bi4zhi4: currency system
[幣制 | へいせい heisei: monetary system; currency]
幣[币]種 bi4zhong3: types of money
貨幣 [货币] huo4bi4: currency; monetary; money
[貨幣 | かへい kahei: money; currency; coinage]
貨幣市場 [货币市场] huo4 bi4 shi4 chang3: money market
電子貨幣 [电子货币] dian4 zi3 huo4 bi4: electronic money
港幣[币] gang3bi4: Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar
人民幣[币] ren2min2 bi4: Renminbi (RMB); Chinese Yuan
硬幣[币] ying4bi4: coin
台幣[币] tai2bi4: New Taiwan dollar
Japanese common word | expression
幣を奉る | ぬさをたてまつる nusa o tatematsuru
: to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
形声 Pictophonetic.
巾 (jin1: cloth, towel radical 50) suggests the meaning while
敝 (bi4: break, destroy) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
币. Created as unique simplification #10 (幣 » 币).
Look-alike:
市 shi4
: market; city; municipality; standard system of weights and measures
[kun: いち ichi. on: し shi]
幣 [币] bi4
: money; coins; currency; silk
[kun: ぬさ nusa. on: へい hei]
帀 za1
: to go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution, to turn round
[on: キョウ kyou, ソウ sou]
semantic: 匝 za1
布 bu4
: cotton cloth, textiles, linen | to announce; to spread
[kun: ぬの nuno, しく shiku. on: の no, ふ fu]
Examples:
讓我們擲幣决定?
rang4 wo3men zhi4 bi4 jue2ding4
Let’s toss up for it.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
