1. 费

费

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  1. 费 is the 486th most frequent character.
  2. 费 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 费 appears as a character in 81 words.
  4. 费 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
费 => 弗, 贝
Radical :
费 => 弓 (bow), No glyph available, 贝 (shell)
Graphical :
费 => 匚, ㇉, 丨, 冂, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Fei4 - surname Fei
  2. fei4 - to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 费 (fei4): The component 弗 is pronounced as 'fu2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 费 (fei4): The component 贝 is pronounced as 'bei4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

免费 (免費)
浪费 (浪費)
消费 (消費)
话费 (話費)

Medium Frequency

付费 (付費)
公费 (公費)
学费 (學費)
小费 (小費)
手续费 (手續費)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
枉费 (枉費)
欠费 (欠費)
消费者 (消費者)
生活费 (生活費)
白费 (白費)
破费 (破費)
经费 (經費)
缴费 (繳費)
耗费 (耗費)
花费 (花費)
费 (費)
费事 (費事)
费力 (費力)
费劲 (費勁)
费城 (費城)
费德勒 (費德勒)
费心 (費心)
费用 (費用)
费解 (費解)
路费 (路費)
车费 (車費)
运费 (運費)
邮费 (郵費)

Appears In:

费 also appears in:
镄
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.