Kanji 幣 cash, bad habit, humble prefix Related words 御ご 幣へい 御幣 is a more common term for the same ritual staff, often used in everyday references to Shinto implements.
紙し 垂で 紙垂 refers specifically to the zigzag paper streamers attached to the staff, not the staff itself.
Word family· 21 paper money; banknote; bill
money; currency; coin
offering a ritual wand to a Shinto deity
staff with shide streamers; gohei staff
monetary system; currency system
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Shinto ritual offerings hung on trees
hall of offerings (at a Shinto shrine)
Shinto offerings; gift for a guest
offering; tribute
Shinto ritual staff with paper streamers
decline; decay; deterioration
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Etymology The kanji 幣 originally referred to offerings or gifts to the gods. The reading へい is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi, while ぬさ is an ancient native Japanese word for offerings, later applied to the ritual staff.
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