費 — kanji meaning “expense”
費
expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
- Meanings
- expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
- On'yomi
- ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- つい.やす、つい.える
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #321 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- fèi — Chinese character page
Words with 費
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消費 | しょうひ shouhi | consumption; expenditure; spending |
| 費用 | ひよう hiyou | cost; expense |
| 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 |
| 浪費 | ろうひ rouhi | waste; extravagance |
| 食費 | しょくひ shokuhi | food expenses; money for food; charge for board |
| 旅費 | りょひ ryohi | travel expenses |
| 出費 | しゅっぴ shuppi | expenses; disbursements |
| 費やす | ついやす tsuiyasu | to spend; to expend; to consume |
| 国費 | こくひ kokuhi | national expenditure; government spending; public funds |
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