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Kanji Information Sheet for 税 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 禾 (のぎ) – two branch tree
Henshall Mnemonic: elder brother gives away rice-tax
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #289 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #289 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 税関 [ぜいかん]
(n) customs house [K] [D] [Jisho] - 免税 [めんぜい]
(n,vs) tax exemption; duty exemption [K] [D] [Jisho] - 課税 [かぜい]
(n,vs) taxation [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 税引き [ぜいびき]
(n) tax excluded [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税額 [ぜいがく]
(n) amount of tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税込み [ぜいこみ]
(n) tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税収 [ぜいしゅう]
(n) tax yields; revenue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税制 [ぜいせい]
(n) tax system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税法 [ぜいほう]
(n) taxation law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税務 [ぜいむ]
(n) taxation business [K] [D] [Jisho] - 減税 [げんぜい]
(n) tax reduction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税理士 [ぜいりし]
(n) tax counsellor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税率 [ぜいりつ]
(n) tariff; tax rate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国税 [こくぜい]
(n) national tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国税局 [こくぜいきょく]
(n) revenue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国税庁 [こくぜいちょう]
(Japanese) National Tax Administration Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消費税 [しょうひぜい]
(n) consumption tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方税 [ちほうぜい]
(n) local taxes [K] [D] [Jisho] - 納税 [のうぜい]
(n) payment of taxes [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無税 [むぜい]
(n) duty-free; tax-free [K] [D] [Jisho] - 酒税 [しゅぜい]
(n) liquor tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間接税 [かんせつぜい]
(n) indirect tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 相続税 [そうぞくぜい]
(n) inheritance tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民税 [じゅうみんぜい]
(n) municipal tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 脱税 [だつぜい]
(n,vs) tax evasion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 増税 [ぞうぜい]
(n) tax increase [K] [D] [Jisho] - 徴税 [ちょうぜい]
(n) tax collection; taxation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 直接税 [ちょくせつぜい]
(n) direct tax [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.