Memory phrase for the Kanji: 費

費

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Meaning expense, spend, consume, cost

Pronunciation

HI
tsuiyasu

Explanation

Top: dollar 弗 (but here: flow heater with boiler coil 弓 and pipes || streaming through) (cf. to boil 沸), bottom: money 貝

Mnemonic
 
A flow heater costs money and is thus: an expense.

Radicals

弓 bowPictograph: bow without string.
貝 moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
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 Vocabulary

費やす ついやす  to spend, to devote, to waste
費用 ひよう  cost, expense
燃料費 ねんりょうひ  fuel expenses, cost of fuel
光熱費 こうねつひ  cost of fuel and light
出費 しゅっぴ  expenses, disbursements
実費 じっぴ  actual expense, cost price
浪費 ろうひ  waste, extravagance
消費 しょうひ  consumption, expenditure
経費 けいひ  expenses, cost, outlay

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