幣
ヘイ, ぬさ, しで

cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper

JLPT1 G7 S15 F1803

As per 敝# (split) + 巾 cloth → cloth split in half (and, in ancient times, used as *currency*). *Shinto offering* (strips of fabric or paper containing prayers, and which are hung on trees) is an associated meaning.

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