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币

bì

currency

Simplified form of 幣. Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components
丿 simplified component

丿  Simplified component

piě

  

line

Shorthand for the phonetic 敝 component in the traditional character 幣.

巾 meaning component

巾  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

Evolution

币 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
币 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
币 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
币 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

币 (幣) 

bì

currency, coins, legal tender; money; coins; currency; silk

Most common words with 币
Freq.
Word
Meaning

硬币

coin

人民币

Renminbi (RMB)

货币

currency

币

money

金币

gold coin

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 9.4025% of movies

1820th most common character in movies

1188th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

幣

Unicode

U+5E01


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