Money 貝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation
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寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
賦
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
賦
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
賦
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
賦
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
賦
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
賦
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
赋 / 賦 [fù]
poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with
Japanese
noun
- poem
- narrative (style of the Shi Jing)
- classical Chinese rhymed prose
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
賦 おさむ
Osamu given name
賦 みつぐ
Mitsugu given name
CHINESE WORDS (16)
天赋 [tiānfù] #2,225
gift
赋予 [fùyǔ] #5,508
to assign
赋税 [fùshuì] #31,024
taxation
禀赋 [bǐngfù] #56,753
natural endowment
赋诗 [fùshī] #36,149
to versify
赋闲 [fùxián] #55,154
to stay idle at home
田赋 [tiánfù] #46,660
land tax
赋与 [fùyǔ] #56,648
variant of 賦予|赋予[fùyǔ]
哀江南赋 [AīJiāngnánfù]
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
天赋异禀 [tiānfùyìbǐng]
extraordinary talent
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JAPANESE WORDS (35)
⭐ 配る [くばる] #4,081
to distribute
天賦の才 [てんぷのさい] #42,104
innate ability
天賦 [てんぷ] #49,281
natural (e.g. talent)
賦活 [ふかつ] #75,601
activation
賦役 [ふえき] #77,917
slave labour
賦与 [ふよ] #81,988
being endowed with (e.g. a gift)
運否天賦 [うんぷてんぷ] #84,292
trusting to chance
天賦の才能 [てんぷのさいのう] #98,621
innate ability
⭐ 月賦 [げっぷ] #100,527
monthly installment (instalment)
⭐ 賦課 [ふか] #110,285
levy
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