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費 = 貝 + 弗
費 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “expense”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish) and 弗 (dollar sign). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1326.
- Keyword
- expense
- RTK frame
- 1326
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つい.やす, つい.える
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- расходы
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 費 expenses
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 費 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “dollar sign”. 費 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 費 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.