費

Expense

WaniKani level 22 JLPT N3 Joyo grade 4Top 500 · #32112 strokes

Meanings

Expense, Cost, Spend, Consume, Waste

On'yomi

ひ

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

つい.やす、つい.える

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

費 is written in 12 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

費 (Expense) is taught on WaniKani at level 22 and appears in the JLPT N3 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 4 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #321 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 12 strokes.

Other kanji at WaniKani level 22

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Words using 費

会費かいひmembership fee 学費がくひtuition 経費けいひexpenses 交際費こうさいひentertainment expenses 交通費こうつうひtraveling expenses 光熱費こうねつひcost of fuel and lighting 公費こうひpublic expense 工費こうひconstruction cost 国費こくひnational expenditure 私費しひprivate expense 自費じひone's own expense 実費じっぴactual expenses

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