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紙幣 (しへい): paper money, notes, bills — Japanese vocabulary

紙幣 is read しへい and means "paper money, notes, bills". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

紙幣

Reading
しへい · shihei
Translation
paper money, notes, bills
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しへいが

Example

入っていたのは紙幣の大きさに切った紙切れだった。

はいっていたのはしへいのおおきさにきったかみきれだった。

They were pieces of paper, cut in the size of bills.

Kanji in this word

  • 紙 — paper
  • 幣 — Cash, Bad Habit, Humble Prefix

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