費 — bi

Parts that make up 費

How 費 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 費 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 弗, 貝.

Korean example words with 費

• 비액費額 Korean gloss: 소비한 금액
• 소비所費 Korean gloss: 일에 든 비용
• 월비月費 Korean gloss: 다달이 쓰는 돈
• 식비食費 Korean gloss: 먹는 데 드는 돈
• 실비實費 Korean gloss: 실제로 드는 비용
• 일비日費 Korean gloss: 날마다 쓰는 비용
• 혼비婚費 Korean gloss: 혼인에 드는 비용
• 객비客費 Korean gloss: 객지에서 드는 비용
• 관비官費 Korean gloss: 관청에서 내는 비용
• 노비勞費 Korean gloss: 노동자를 부린 비용
• 잡비雜費 Korean gloss: 잡다하게 쓰는 비용
• 입비入費 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 드는 비용

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 費

• 消費しょうひ consumption; expenditure; spending
• 費用ひよう cost; expense
• 消費者しょうひしゃ consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user
• 消費税しょうひぜい consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
• 経費けいひ expenses; expenditure; outgoings
• 人件費じんけんひ personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost
• 会費かいひ membership fee
• 公費こうひ public expense; public funds; public money
• 工費こうひ construction cost
• 交際費こうさいひ entertainment expenses
• 出費しゅっぴ expenses; disbursements
• 旅費りょひ travel expenses

Characters sharing the phonetic 弗

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “불” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 貝