Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (費)
Simplified (费)
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佛 Buddha (trad)彿 as though (trad)怫 sorry拂 caress (trad)氟 fluorine沸 bring to a boil狒 baboon砩 dam up water with rocks紼 large (trad)绋 rope (simp)艴 the countenance changing茀 overgrown with grass费 expenses (simp)髴 disheveled hair寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
費
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
費
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
費
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
費
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
費
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
費
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
費
Regular
Modern
Chinese
费 / 費 [Fèi]
surname Fei
费 / 費 [fèi]
to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
Japanese
cost; expense
Korean
비 [費]
-bi; A suffix used to mean expense, money, etc.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
費 ひ
Hi surname
CHINESE WORDS (176)
浪费 [làngfèi] #1,113
to waste
免费 [miǎnfèi] #1,594
free (of charge)
消费者 [xiāofèizhě] #13,909
consumer
费用 [fèiyòng] #3,492
cost
消费 [xiāofèi] #7,781
to consume
收费 [shōufèi] #6,553
to charge a fee
花费 [huāfèi] #5,429
expense
经费 [jīngfèi] #9,980
funds
费城 [Fèichéng] #4,210
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
学费 [xuéfèi] #6,095
tuition fee
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 消費 [しょうひ] #4,159
consumption
⭐ 費用 [ひよう] #6,118
cost
⭐ 費やす [ついやす] #6,640
to spend
⭐ 生活費 [せいかつひ] #12,867
living expenses
⭐ 浪費 [ろうひ] #13,265
waste
⭐ 経費 [けいひ] #14,727
expenses
⭐ 学費 [がくひ] #17,128
tuition
⭐ 出費 [しゅっぴ] #17,216
expenses
⭐ 食費 [しょくひ] #18,715
food expenses
⭐ 旅費 [りょひ] #26,425
travel expenses
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