賦
levy, ode, prose, poem, tribute, installment
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
20 of 35- 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
Study
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.