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Kotomora

租

tariff, crop tax, borrowing

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソ

Kun'yomi

—

Meaning

租 centers on a levy on agricultural produce: a tax paid in crops, or more broadly a tariff. The borrowing sense is a separate, less common application.

Most common words using 租

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  • 租税そぜい

    taxes; taxation

  • 租借そしゃく

    lease (of territory)

  • 租そ

    rice tax (ritsuryō system); rice levy; tax on rice fields

  • 地租ちそ

    land tax

  • 租界そかい

    (foreign) concession (in China); settlement

  • 上海共同租界シャンハイきょうどうそかい

    Shanghai International Settlement

  • 不輸租田ふゆそでん

    tax-exempt rice field (ritsuryō system)

  • 免租めんそ

    tax exemption

  • 免租地めんそち

    tax-exempt land

  • 公租こうそ

    public tax

  • 公租公課こうそこうか

    taxes and public dues

  • 共同租界きょうどうそかい

    foreign concession jointly administered by multiple countries (in China; e.g. the Shanghai International Settlement)

  • 専管租界せんかんそかい

    foreign concession administered by a single country (in China)

  • 年租ねんそ

    annual tax

  • 田租でんそ

    farm tariff; rice field tax

  • 租借地そしゃくち

    leased territory; foreign concession

  • 租借権そしゃくけん

    lease(hold)

  • 租庸調そようちょう

    corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)

  • 租税の帰着そぜいのきちゃく

    incidence of taxation; tax incidence

  • 租税回避そぜいかいひ

    tax avoidance

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Etymology

租 combines 禾 (grain plant) with 且, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a platform or offering, together suggesting a tax paid in grain.

Meaning mnemonic

The grain plant 禾 beside 且 looks like a pile of harvested crops being measured for the tax collector. Think of a farmer handing over a portion of the harvest as a crop tax.

Reading mnemonic

For ソ, imagine a farmer sewing a bag of grain to pay the tax: sew -> ソ, and the grain 禾 is the tariff.