费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
费用
fèiyòng
expenses; cost
Characters in this word
用 yòng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 — to use, to employ, to apply
- Made of
- ⺆ frame 𰀁 hook
Example phrases
- 费用太高了。 Fèi yòng tài gāo le. The costs are too high.
- 费用谁来付。 Fèi yòng shéi lái fù. Who will pay the expenses.
- 我看费用表。 Wǒ kàn fèi yòng biǎo. I look at the expense sheet.