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税 = 兑 + 禾

税 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tax”. It is built from 兑 (devil) and 禾 (grain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 961.

Keyword
tax
RTK frame
961
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゼイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
налог
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
税 taxes

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 兑 devil
  2. 禾 grain

How to find 税 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “devil” + “grain”. 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.