Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

321 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

Kunyomi: つい.やす つい.える

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

用(ひよう)   cost, expense

(がくひ)   tuition, school expenses

(しょくひ)   food expense

(かいひ)   membership fee

(けいひ)   expenses, cost outlay

(しゅっぴ)   expenses, disbursements

生活(せいかつひ)   living expenses

交通(こうつうひ)   traveling expenses, carfare

する(しょうひする)   consume, spend

する(ろうひする)   waste, squander

やす(ついやす)   spend, waste

Onyomi Examples

cost, expense

ヒヨウ cost, expense

固定 コテイヒ fixed cost, fixed expense

交際 コウサイヒ entertainment expenses

Kunyomi Examples

やす ついやす to spend, to expend, to consume, to waste, to squander, to throw away, to devote

える ついえる to be used up (e.g. one's savings), to dwindle away, to be wasted (time, effort, etc.)