Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
Variants:
cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper
Kun:
ぬさ
On:
ヘイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1803 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 幣 【ヘイ】 staff with plaited paper streamers
  • 弊害 【ヘイガイ】 harmful effect, harmful influence, evil practice, abuse, malady
  • 造幣 【ゾウヘイ】 coinage, mintage
  • 衰幣 【スイヘイ】 decline

Kun reading compounds

  • 幣 【へい】 staff with plaited paper streamers
  • 幣を奉る 【ぬさをたてまつる】 to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
  • 大幣 【おおぬさ】 streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies), being in great demand
  • 小幣 【こぬさ】 small purification wand, thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)

Readings

Japanese names:
しで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • riqueza
  • ofrenda
  • dinero en efectivo

Portuguese

  • Caixa
  • maus hábitos
  • prefixo p/ expressar humildade
  • presente
  • oferendas em roupas Shinto
  • corda
  • cortar papel

French

  • espèces (argent)
  • mauvaise habitude
  • préfixe humble
  • don
  • offrande Shinto (papier, corde)
  • corde
  • papier découpé
1778 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1902 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1400 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1253 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2414 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1781 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1913 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
571 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3582 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1844 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2507 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1049 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9088X Morohashi
2885 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1040 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1756 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1044 2001 Kanji
3f12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-3 SKIP code
9822.7 Four corner code
1-42-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e63 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 束 【ソク】 lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
  • 束縛 【ソクバク】 restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
  • 結束 【ケッソク】 union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
  • 口約束 【クチヤクソク】 verbal promise, one's word

Kun reading compounds

  • 束 【たば】 bundle, bunch, sheaf
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 鍵束 【かぎたば】 bunch of keys
  • 麦束 【むぎたば】 wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 束 【つか】 strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 不束 【ふつつか】 inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
  • 矢束 【やつか】 arrow length, bundle of arrows
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • manojo
  • legajo (papeles)
  • haz (leños)
  • gavilla
  • racimo
  • bobina

Portuguese

  • pacote
  • molho
  • feixe
  • amarra em pacotes
  • governar
  • administrar

French

  • fagot
  • gerbe
  • bouquet
  • promesse
  • mettre en liasse
  • rame (papier)
  • gouverner
  • diriger
  • contrôler
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1535 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
998 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1126 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
620 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
536 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
501 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
382 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1051 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4369 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1680 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14480 Morohashi
3554 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 New Nelson (John Haig)
1664 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1793 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
0a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5090.6 Four corner code
1-34-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
675f Unicode hex code