缴税
jiǎo​shuì

pay tax

缴 jiǎo deliver Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繳.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

税 shuì taxes Simplified

Simplified form of 稅. Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsywejHl̥ot-s tax

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

繳 jiǎo deliver Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyak[t]ewk string attached to arrow

說文解字

《說文》：“，生絲縷也。从糸，敫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

稅 shuì taxes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
兌
兌 Sound component
exchange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsywejHl̥ ot-stax
Zhengzhanghljods

說文解字

《說文》：“稅，租也。从禾，兌聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)