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賦

levy, ode, prose, poem, tribute, installment

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • フ
  • ブ

Kun'yomi

—

Nanori

  • うた

Meaning

賦 centers on the idea of giving or distributing something that is due: a levy or tribute is a required payment, an installment is a portion given over time, and an ode or poem is a literary composition offered as a gift or expression.

Most common words using 賦

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  • 賦課ふか

    levy; imposition

  • 天賦てんぷ

    natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent

  • 賦ふ

    poem

  • 割賦かっぷ

    allotment; quota; payment in installments; payment in instalments; hire-purchase

  • 賦活ふかつ

    activation; invigoration; stimulation

  • 月賦げっぷ
    N1

    monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment

  • 賦役ふえき

    slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service

  • 免疫賦活剤めんえきふかつざい

    immunostimulant; immunostimulator

  • 分賦ぶんぷ

    assignment; allocation

  • 割賦方式かっぷほうしき

    installment plan; instalment plan

  • 割賦販売かっぷはんばい

    selling in installments; selling in instalments

  • 割賦販売法かっぷはんばいほう

    Installment Sales Act

  • 割賦購買かっぷこうばい

    buying in installments; buying in instalments

  • 天賦の才てんぷのさい

    innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

  • 天賦の才能てんぷのさいのう

    innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

  • 天賦人権てんぷじんけん

    natural rights of man

  • 年賦ねんぷ

    annual installment; annual instalment

  • 早春賦そうしゅんふ

    Ode to Early Spring

  • 月賦払いげっぷばらい

    paying in monthly installments (instalments); monthly payments

  • 月賦販売げっぷはんばい

    selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); hire purchase

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Etymology

賦 combines 貝 (shell, money) with 武, which likely contributes the sound フ and may carry an idea of imposing or distributing. The exact historical development of the component relationship is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Shell money 貝 is paired with a warrior-like 武 shape. Imagine a warrior distributing collected shell money as a levy, or a poet offering a tribute of words.

Reading mnemonic

For フ, picture a feudal lord demanding a levy of food: food -> フ, and the shell money 貝 is paid as tribute.