税

税

See also: 稅

税 U+7A0E, 税 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A0E ← 稍 [U+7A0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 稏 → [U+7A0F]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠾔

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 税 – see 稅 (“tax; revenue; duty; to rent; etc.”). (This character, 税, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 稅.)

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	税
Kyūjitai	稅

Kanji

税

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 稅)

1. tax

Readings

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei, Jōyō); さい (sai)
• Kun: ちから (chikara, 税); とく (toku, 税く); ぬく (nuku, 税く); みつぐ (mitsugu, 税ぐ); みつぎ (mitsugi, 税ぎ)
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu); すみとし (sumitoshi); すみひろ (sumihiro); ぜい (zei); ちから (chikara); みつぐ (mitsugu); みつぎ (mitsugi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
税
ぜい Grade: 5
kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
稅 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 稅 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H). First cited in Japanese to a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 719.[1]

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
• (Tokyo) ぜ​ー [zéꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ː]

Noun

税(ぜい) • (zei) 

1. tax, duty, customs (money paid to the government)

Compounds

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 2

Kanji in this term
税
ちから Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
稅 (kyūjitai) 庸 (rare) 稲 (rare)

Shift in sense from 力 (chikara, “strength”), implying "that which is produced from strength".[2][3][4]

First cited in the 延喜式 (Engishiki) of 927.[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕika̠ɾa̠]

Noun

税(ちから) • (chikara) 

1. [from 927] (historical, archaic) general term for items presented by the people to the state: tribute, taxes

   Synonyms: 貢物 (mitsugimono), 貢 (mitsugi)

References

1. “税”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. “庸・税・稲”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
4. “税”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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Korean

Hanja

税 • (se, tal) (hangeul 세, 탈)

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