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費

cjk unified ideograph-8cbb

Character 費

費 is about spending resources and what they cost. In 費用 it marks a fee or expense; Chinese also uses it for effort and mental energy, while Japanese and Korean use it in cost-related words.

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cost · expense · fee · spending · waste · 費用 · 费用 · 비용
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 費 means

It marks spending, expense, or resources used up.

Chinese can also use 費 for effort and mental energy. In Japanese, it is read ヒ in compounds and appears as ついやす in 費やす, the verb “to spend.” Korean uses the reading 비 in cost compounds and as the suffix -비 for a cost.

An inscription on a bronze object records 費 as a personal name. Traditional character analysis links its 貝 component with money and its 弗 component with sound.

Neutral in written words about costs and the use of resources.

Check the surrounding language and word: its reading changes across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Don't confuse it with

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费
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費 vs 费: 費 is the traditional Chinese form, and 费 is its simplified counterpart. They correspond in meaning, though the written forms differ.

Combination ideas

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Fee, cost, or expense.
Consumption or spending on goods and resources.
Waste or wasteful spending.

Questions people ask

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Why does 費 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 費

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8CBB, then Alt+X to get 費.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-8cbb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8cbb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
費
CSS
\8CBB
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
費
HTML hex
費
CSS content
content: "\8CBB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%B2%BB
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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