noun

  1. standard money, standard coin, legal tender.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
本位貨幣 ほんいかへい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

book, present, main
ホン もと まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
rank, grade, throne
イ くらい ぞき (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
freight, goods, property
カ たから (4th, N2)
change, take the form of, influence
カ ば.ける ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
cash, bad habit, humble prefix
ヘイ ぬさ しで (9th, N1)
be worn-out, be dilapidated, be defeated
ヘイ やぶ.れる (Kentei 1)
ragged clothing, ragged, old and wear out
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)