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Kanji Detail for 費 - "cost, spend, consume"

費

  • Meaning

    費 means "cost, spend, consume."

    1. Cost - An expense; a charge.

    2. Spend - To use money or resources.

    3. Consume - To use up.

  • Words using 費

    • 消費 しょうひ Listen consumption; expenditure; spending
    • 費用 ひよう Listen cost; expense
    • 消費税 しょうひぜい Listen consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
    • 消費者 しょうひしゃ Listen consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user
    • 経費 けいひ Listen expenses; expenditure; outgoings
    • 人件費 じんけんひ Listen personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost
    • 会費 かいひ Listen membership fee
    • 公費 こうひ Listen public expense; public funds; public money

  • Tattoo check: 費

    • Verified meaning: cost, spend, consume
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 費

    Surnames 費(ひ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    expense; cost; spend; consume; waste

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    expenses, expenditures, fee

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Fei

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To spend much money. Such as 糜費 (squander). | Expenses. Such as 經費 (operating expenses). | Using excessively and beyond proper measure is called 費. Such as excessive words is called 辭費 (wordy). | To waste or consume. Such as 費神 (expend mental energy), 費力 (expend effort), etc. | A place name in Lu during the Spring and Autumn period. Now Fei County, Shandong.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsui.eru(つい-える) つい-える

    tsui.yasu(つい-やす) つい-やす

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    cost spend consume invest resist oppose expense budget charge consumption expenditure fee money outlay overhead pay price rate disburse resources

Sentences including 費

  • I think of watching tv as a waste of time.

  • Five years have been spent building the new building.

  • Don't waste time.

  • What mileage do you get with this car?

  • I held the party at my own expense.

  • I am short of money for my trip.

  • I must make up for lost time.

  • He has spent three years writing this novel.

  • He tried to make up for lost time.

  • The problem is not so much the cost as the time.

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