Memory phrase for the Kanji: 費
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費 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| expense, spend, consume, cost
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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.
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Radicals
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弓
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bow | Pictograph: bow without string. |
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貝
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money | shell a cowries-shell (used as money) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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