租
租·tax, levy, lease
- On-yomi
- ソ
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 租税 | そぜい | taxes, taxation |
| 地租 | ちそ | land tax |
| 租借 | そしゃく | lease (of territory) |
| 租借地 | そしゃくち | leased territory |
Example sentences
国民の租税の負担が重くなっている。
こくみんのそぜいのふたんがおもくなっている。
The tax burden on the public is growing heavier.
明治政府は地租の制度を改めた。
めいじせいふはちそのせいどをあらためた。
The Meiji government reformed the land tax system.
その港は百年前まで租借地だった。
そのみなとはひゃくねんまえまでそしゃくちだった。
That port was leased territory until a hundred years ago.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Writing 租税 with 祖 (ancestor) — the tax character takes the grain radical 禾
- Reading 地租 as ちそう — it is ちそ
Memory aid
Picture it
Grain 禾 beside 且, a pile of things stacked up: tax was once paid as stacked bundles of rice.
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