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費 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ヒひ · hi
Kun
つい(やす)・つい(える)tsui(yasu) · tsui(eru)
Meaning
expense; to spend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

弗 "scatter" over 貝 "money"; money scattered away — hence "to spend, expense."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヒひhi費用ひよう消費しょうひ旅費りょひ
Kunついやすtsuiyasu費やすついやす
Kunついえるtsuieru費えるついえる費えついえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 費用ひよう

    cost; expense

  • 学費がくひ

    school fees

More words with this kanji

  • 消費税しょうひぜい
  • 浪費ろうひ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

旅行(りょこう)の費用(ひよう)を計算(けいさん)した。

I worked out the cost of the trip.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

学費費用費学study用to use財wealth貧poor責to bla…貯to sav…貿trade比to com…非non-肥fat匕spoon丕great
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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