费 (fèi) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning, Radical & Stroke Order
Pronunciation & meaning
Pronounced .
- expenses
- fees
- to cost
- to spend
- wasteful
Stroke Order & Practice
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
Decomposition
费 breaks down into 2 components arranged as Top + Bottom. Recognizing the components makes the character easier to remember and write.
Radical
The radical of 费 is 贝 — meaning sea shell. Radicals are the indexing components used in Chinese dictionaries; they often hint at a character's broad meaning category.
Other HSK 4 characters that share this radical: 资败负购贺货赢责账赚.
How the character is built
费 is a phono-semantic compound. The semantic component 贝 (money) carries the meaning, while the phonetic component 弗 originally indicated the sound.
HSK 4 Words Containing 费
Seen in the Real Exams / 真题例句
费 appears in 39 questions across the 19 mock & official HSK 4 exams on this site. Real exam sentences using it:
Tasks Featuring 费 / 相关任务
Words containing 费 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
FAQ
What does 费 mean in Chinese?
费 (fèi) means expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).
How many strokes does 费 have?
费 is written in 9 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 费?
The radical of 费 is 贝 (sea shell). Other HSK 4 characters with the same radical include 资, 败, 负, 购, 贺.
What is the pinyin for 费?
费 is pronounced fèi.
What HSK 4 words use 费?
In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 费 appears in 6 words, including 费 (fèi), 费用 (fèiyong), 浪费 (làngfèi), 免费 (miǎnfèi). See the full list above.