懂中文 Dong Chinese

賦

fù

tax

Money 貝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation

Components
貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

武 sound,meaning component

武  Sound Meaning component

wǔ

  

military

Evolution

賦 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
賦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
賦 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

赋 (賦) 

fù

tax; give; endow; army; diffuse; poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with

Most common words with 賦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

天赋

gift

赋予

to assign

赋

taxation

赋税

taxation

禀赋

gift