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租 — 10 strokes / Radical「禾」

道
準2High school level / 10 strokes / Radical「禾」
On
ソそ · so
Kun
—
Meaning
tax; levy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grain plus a phonetic element: what is paid in from the harvest — a tax.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソそso租税そぜい公租公課こうそこうか

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 租税そぜい

    taxes

  • 租借そしゃく

    lease (of territory)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

租税(そぜい)は国(くに)の大切(たいせつ)な財源(ざいげん)だ。

Taxes are an important source of national revenue.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

租借租税租借borrow税tax秩order稼earn禾grain…私I秀excel且moreov…疎sparse塑model…疋counte…庄manor
CompoundRadicalReading

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