抗税
kàng​shuì

tax resistance

抗 kàng resist

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhangHkʰˤaŋ-s set up; oppose; protect

說文解字

《說文》：“抗，扞也。从手，亢聲。杭，抗或从木。”

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)

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

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)