税

See also: 稅

Translingual

simpl.		税
trad.		稅

Etymology

Simplified from 稅 (兌 → 兑). Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 禾 + phonetic 兑.

Han character

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

1. taxes

References

• 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

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Japanese

Kanji

税

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tax

Readings

• On: ぜい (zei), だつ (datsu), えつ (etsu)
• Kun: みつぎ (mitsugi)

Noun

税 (hiragana ぜい, romaji zei)

1. tax

Compounds

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɕikara]

Noun

税 (hiragana ちから, romaji chikara)

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

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Korean

Hanja

税 (se, tal) (hangeul 세, 탈, revised se, tal, McCune-Reischauer se, t'al, Yale sey, thal)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

税 (traditional 稅, Pinyin shuì (shui4), tuàn (tuan4), tuì (tui4), tuō (tuo1), Wade-Giles shui⁴, t'uan⁴, t'ui⁴, t'o¹)