税 — tax, duty

ぜい税 tax

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes money

U+7A0E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #289 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #961 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

tax
duty

word

せい・ぜい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

税(ぜい) zei tax 税(ぜい) 金(きん) zeikin tax 課(か) 税(ぜい) kazei taxation 税(ぜい) 制(せい) zeisei tax system 減(げん) 税(ぜい) genzei tax reduction 税(ぜい) 率(りつ) zeiritsu tax rate 増(ぞう) 税(ぜい) zouzei tax increase 関(かん) 税(ぜい) kanzei customs duty

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Components

Composed of

禾 grain

兌 exchange

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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税 — tax, duty

Meanings

word

せい・ぜい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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税 — tax, duty

Meanings

word

せい ・ぜい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

せい・ぜい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).