shuì
taxes
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 稅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
taxes | ||
taxation | ||
taxation services | ||
to pay taxes | ||
taxpayer |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.8922% of movies
1791st most common character in movies
781st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7A05 |
Shuowen | “稅,租也。从禾,兌聲。” |
Sources
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