also: おんべい · おんべ
Shinto ritual staff with paper streamers
A wooden staff with zigzag paper streamers (shide) attached, used in Shinto purification rituals. The honorific prefix 御 is part of the word.
See also: 幣
The Shinto priest waved the gohei to perform a purification.
superstition; superstitious person
Standard kanji spelling for the Shinto ritual implement.
Alternate reading, rarely used.
Alternate reading, rarely used.
Kana-kanji mixed spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of honorific prefix 御 (go) and 幣 (hei, 'offering'). The exact historical development is uncertain, but the term has been used in Shinto contexts for centuries.