漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
費: expense, cost
Also: spend, consume, waste
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 弗(sound)
- 貝shell(meaning)
貝 carries the meaning · 弗 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 費用ひようcost, expense
- 学費がくひtuition, school expenses
- 食費しょくひfood expense
- 会費かいひmembership fee
- 経費けいひexpenses, cost outlay
- 出費しゅっぴexpenses, disbursements
- 生活費せいかつひliving expenses
- 交通費こうつうひtraveling expenses, carfare
- 消費するしょうひするconsume, spend
- 浪費するろうひするwaste, squander
ついやすtsuiyasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 費やすついやすspend, waste
Also read ついえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)弗 (sound) + 貝 cowry (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 費 (rev. 92722977), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Shell/money (貝) + split/negative (弗). The precious "money" or "shells" that are "split" away from you when paying—representing your total expenses.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 费 · traditional, as in Japanese · fèi
Japan keeps the traditional form 費; mainland China simplifies it to 费.
- Simplified
- 费 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 費 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fèi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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