税

Simplified from 稅 (兌 → 兑). Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 兑 (OC *l'oːds).

税 (radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木金口山 (HDCRU) or X竹木金口 (XHDCR), composition ⿰禾兑)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 854, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25070
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2609, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7A0E

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tax

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei, Jōyō); さい (sai)
• On: だつ (datsu); えつ (etsu)
• Kun: みつぎ (mitsugi, 税)

税 (hiragana ぜい, rōmaji zei)

1. tax

• 税金 (ぜいきん) (zeikin, “tax, tax charge”)
• 税収 (ぜいしゅう) (zeishū, “tax revenue”)
• 税務署 (ぜいむしょ) (zeimusho, “tax office, revenue office”)
• 消費税 (しょうひぜい) (shōhizei, “consumption tax, value added tax, goods and services tax”)

From 力 (chikara, “strength”). That which is produced from strength, ie labor.

税 (hiragana ちから, rōmaji chikara)

1. the collection of grain from the commoners masses to the state; a tax, taxes

税 • (se, tal) (hangeul 세, 탈)

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