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幣 = 巾 + 敝
幣 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cash”. It is built from 巾 (towel) and 敝 (shredder). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1118.
- Keyword
- cash
- RTK frame
- 1118
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヘイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ぬさ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- наличные
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 幣 currency
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 幣 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “towel” + “shredder”. 幣 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 幣 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.