yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
费

费 fèi

“expenses, expenditures, fee”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese fai3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Fermium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
费 fèi
=
镄 fèi · Fm 100

Transliterates syllable 1 of fer·mium: fermium → fèi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.