税 = 禾 + 兑

税 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “taxes”. It is built from 禾 (grain still on stalk) and 兑 (cash).

Keyword: taxes
Pinyin (Mandarin): shuì
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: налоги
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 税 tax

Decomposition

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禾 grain still on stalk
兑 cash

How to find 税 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain still on stalk” + “cash”. 税 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 税 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.