Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1803 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper

Kunyomi: ぬさ

Onyomi: ヘイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: turban, scarf

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヘイ staff with plaited paper streamers

ヘイグシ staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei

ゾウヘイ coinage, mintage

スイヘイ decline

Kunyomi Examples

へい staff with plaited paper streamers

を奉る ぬさをたてまつる to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

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

こぬさ small purification wand, thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)