税

See also: 稅

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

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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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 税 – see 稅. (This character, 税, is the simplified form of 稅.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

税

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tax

Readings

• Goon: せ (se) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: せい (sei) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’yōon: ぜい (zei), さい (sai) (non-Jōyō reading)
• On (unclassified): 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 力 ‎(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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