租
租 — Tariff
tariff, crop tax, borrowing
On’yomiソ (so)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 租
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 租税 | そぜい sozei | taxes; taxation |
| 租界 | そかい sokai | (foreign) concession (in China); settlement |
Study notes
租 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2089 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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