Question

税 さい 関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs課税(かぜい): taxation税金(ぜいきん): tax; duty税関(ぜいかん): customs house税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office免税(めんぜい): tax exemption; duty exemption税(ぜい): tax 5 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)兌: exchange 禾 5 (none) tax This is an easy one. Taxes is like the devil taking away your hard earned wheat.

Accepted Answer

ゼイ tax, duty 2 289 12 115 のぎ・のぎへん 形声 Phonetic Nobody likes the tax man, so here it is only fitting that the person who comes over to take some of your wheat is depicted here as a devil. Keep in mind that in feudal societies there was no kind of money to speak of, so taxes were paid by serfs in wheat to the devils who came over to keep them poor.

Kanji	税
Onyomi	ゼイ
Nanori	さい
English	tax, duty
Examples	関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs 課税(かぜい): taxation 税金(ぜいきん): tax; duty 税関(ぜいかん): customs house 税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office 免税(めんぜい): tax exemption; duty exemption 税(ぜい): tax
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	289
Components	禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 兌: exchange
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	禾
Radical Number	115
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	のぎ・のぎへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	tax
Koohii Story 1	Nobody likes the tax man, so here it is only fitting that the person who comes over to take some of your wheat is depicted here as a devil. Keep in mind that in feudal societies there was no kind of money to speak of, so taxes were paid by serfs in wheat to the devils who came over to keep them poor.
Koohii Story 2	This is an easy one. Taxes is like the devil taking away your hard earned wheat.

Tax Duty Customs Wheat 税 ゼイ さい 関税(かんぜい

Tax Duty Customs Wheat 税ゼイさい関税(かんぜい