費

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ついやす・ついえる

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: かい(貝)

Meaning

Expense / Spend / Consume / Cost

Conjugation
Tap for 費やす (spend / use up) Tap for 費える (be used up)
  • 費用ひよう — cost; expense
  • 会費かいひ — membership fee
  • 学費がくひ — school expenses
  • 生活費せいかつひ — living expenses
  • 交通費こうつうひ — transportation expenses

費 combines the money radical 貝 with the phonetic 弗 (ヒ). It originally meant “to lose value” and broadened to “spend / cost,” appearing wherever money, time, or effort is used up.

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