費 – expense, cost, spend

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The kanji 費 means expense, cost, spend, consume, waste. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つい.やす、つい.える (tsuiyasu, tsuieru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	つい.やす	tsuiyasu
Kun’yomi	つい.える	tsuieru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: ｜・貝・目・ハ・弓.

Words using 費

消費しょうひconsumption費用ひようcost費ひcost経費けいひexpenses出費しゅっぴexpenses浪費ろうひwaste実費じっぴactual expenses光熱費こうねつひcost of fuel and lighting費やすついやすto spend

Example sentences

その車は多量の燃料を消費する。

The car consumes a lot of fuel.

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諸設備の費用は払っていただきます。

You have to pay for utilities.

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製造費は予算の３６パーセントと見積もっている。

I estimate the production costs to be 36 percent of the budget.

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Kanji with the same radical

資質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴貸

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