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The kanji 費: meaning, readings and stroke order
費
- Meaning
- cost, spend
- On reading
- ヒ hi
- Kun reading
- つい（やす） tsuiyasu、つい（える） tsuieru
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 貝 shell
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chi phí, tiêu tốn (phí)
- Japanese
- かかる おかね。つかって へらす。
- Korean
- 비용, 쓰다 (비)
- Chinese
- 费用、花费 (费)
Readings, words and example sentences
ヒ hi · on reading
費用
cost, expenses
旅行の 費用を 計算します。
I work out the cost of the trip.
つい（やす） tsuiyasu · kun reading · less common
費やす
to spend (time, money)
この 作品に 多くの 時間を 費やしました。
I spent a lot of time on this piece of work.
つい（える） tsuieru · kun reading · less common
費える
to be used up, to dwindle
お金が 少しずつ 費えて いきます。
The money slowly gets used up.
Practise writing 費 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 費 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.