Chinese Character 税 Meanings and components.

Form

税

Meaning

税 meaning[3] in English

Taxes.

Duties.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 税 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and surname Dui (兌)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDCRU

How to write 税

To write税shui4taxes you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 兌dui4surname Dui arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 兌 = 税

税 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 税 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 税, looks as follow:

税
Pinyin:shui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Taxes . Duties
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
兌
Pinyin:dui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Dui
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
兄
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Elder Brother
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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