Onyomi: ヒ · Kunyomi: つい.える, つい.やす · Meanings: consume, cost, expense, spend, waste
Kanji for consume, cost, expense, spend, waste
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費 is made from 貝, meaning “shell” or “money,” and 弗, which has the sense of separation or loss. It shows money being used up and no longer staying with you. From this idea of money leaving your hands, 費 came to mean to spend, cost, or expense.
When money is used and goes away, it is 費.
Think of shells as money leaving your pocket. That spending or cost is 費.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 費 | ひ | cost, expense | common JLPT-N1 Noun, used as a suffix |
| 直 | あたい | Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators) | Noun |
| 費用 | ひよう | cost, expense | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 費やす | ついやす | to spend, to expend, to consume | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 費える | ついえる | to be used up (of money, savings, etc.), to dwindle away | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 費消 | ひしょう | spending, consumption | Noun, Suru verb |
| 費目 | ひもく | item of expenditure | Noun |
| 費用便益分析 | ひようべんえきぶんせき | cost-benefit analysis | Noun |
| 費用便益比 | ひようべんえきひ | cost-benefit ratio | Noun |
| 費え | ついえ | wasteful expenses | Noun |