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<WL>币(F幣) [bì] money, currency; 硬币 coin; 人民币 rénmínbì RMB.@@  [yìn] 印
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<WL>币(F幣) [bì] 货币 money, currency; 硬币 coin; 人民币 rénmínbì RMB@@  [yìn] 印
The full form has 敝 bì (phonetic) over 巾 (jīn) ‘cloth’; the simple form 币 replaces 敝 with 丿 a single stroke; 币 is an old variant of 印 yìn ‘print’, reused for 敝 bì ‘money’.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 幣(􁓶) bì ‘silk/tribute/valuable; money’ combines (􁕇) ‘m.w. for cloth’ (phonosemantic) over 巾 (jīn) ‘cloth’.
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The modern simple form 币 originated as an old variant of 印(􁢺) yìn ‘print’, reused for 敝/幣 bì ‘money’; in 币 a single stroke 丿 replaces the top component 敝.
 
巾 represents a “piece of silk; a present, tribute, recompense” —Karlgren.
 
巾 represents a “piece of silk; a present, tribute, recompense” —Karlgren.
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HDZ: 币 : yìn : 印 • bì : (简体) 幣
 
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