Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

賦: levy, ode

Also: prose, poem, tribute, installment

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

貝 carries the meaning · 武 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フfu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 月賦げっぷmonthly installment (instalment)
  • 割賦かっぷallotment; quota; payment in installments
  • 賦課ふかlevy; imposition

Also read ブ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
賦 levy · 武
vs賊 burglar · 戎
賦 has 武 where 賊 has 戎.
In ChineseSimplified 赋 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù

Japan keeps the traditional form 賦; mainland China simplifies it to 赋.

Simplified
赋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
賦 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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