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Kanji Detail for 賦 - "tribute, allotment"

賦

  • Meaning

    賦 means "tribute, allotment." Also associated with corvée.

    1. Allotment - Levy; collection.

    2. Tribute - Offering; tax.

    3. Corvée - Forced labor duty.

    4. To distribute - To allot; to bestow; to give.

  • Words using 賦

    • 月賦 げっぷ Listen monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment

  • Four-character idioms with 賦

    • 運否天賦 うんぷてんぷ Listen trusting to chance; trusting to Providence

  • Tattoo check: 賦

    • Verified meaning: tribute, allotment
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, みつぐ)
    • Also carries these associations: corvée

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 賦

    Given names 賦(おさむ)Listen 賦(みつぐ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    levy; ode; prose; poem; tribute; installment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tax; give; endow; army; diffuse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tax; to give, to bestow

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To collect taxes. Collecting what fields produce to supply state use is called 賦稅 (taxes). In ancient times, taxes were for food, and levies were for military. Therefore soldiers were also called 賦. "Analects" says "Can manage military affairs." | To give. Such as 天賦 (heaven-endowed). What one receives is also called 賦. Such as 稟賦 (endowment). | To spread out. Laying out meaning is called 賦. One of the Six Principles of Poetry. Today writing poetry is also called 賦詩 (compose poetry). Also a literary genre. Parallel prose with rhymed language is called 賦. Such as "Rhapsodies on Three Capitals" and "Two Capitals."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bu(ブ) ブ

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    allotment tribute corvee to distribute allocation apportionment bestowal tax levy assessment dues duty impost tithe toll contribution distribution

Sentences including 賦

  • I bought this tv on the installment plan.

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