懂中文 Dong Chinese

赋

fù

tax

Money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation

Components
贝 meaning component

贝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

武 sound,meaning component

武  Sound Meaning component

wǔ

  

military

Evolution

赋 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
赋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
赋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赋 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
赋 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

赋 (賦) 

fù

tax; give; endow; army; diffuse; poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with

Most common words with 赋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

天赋

gift

赋予

to assign

赋

taxation

赋税

taxation

禀赋

gift