Japanese symbol for “cost”
費用
ひよう
Romaji: hiyou
cost; expense
In Japanese, cost is 費用, read ひよう (hiyou).
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Meanings
- n cost; expense
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cost”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 価格 | かかく kakaku | price; value; cost |
| 値 | あたい atai | price; cost |
| 値段 | ねだん nedan | price; cost |
| 費 | ひ hi | cost; expense |
| 代金 | だいきん daikin | price; cost; charge |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消費 | しょうひ shouhi | consumption; expenditure; spending |
| 経費 | けいひ keihi | expenses; expenditure; outgoings |
| 燃費 | ねんぴ nenpi | fuel consumption; gas mileage |
| 会費 | かいひ kaihi | membership fee |
| 学費 | がくひ gakuhi | tuition; school expenses |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 利用 | りよう riyou | use; utilization; utilisation |
| 採用 | さいよう saiyou | use; adoption; acceptance |
See also: Chinese symbol for “cost”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.