缴
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to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 糸 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 繳
- Common rank
- #2,511
- Unicode
- U+7F34
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Formation & memory
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How 缴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 meaning “thread” + 敫 sound ()
Components 纟 敫
How to remember it
shell out · Heisig RSH #2400
thread + homing pigeon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 缴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 实缴资本 | paid-in capital; contributed capital (finance) | |
| 缴枪不杀 | “surrender and your life will be spared” | |
| 认缴资本 | subscribed capital (finance) | |
| 上缴 | to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities | |
| 缴交 | to hand in; to hand over; to pay (a fee etc) | |
| 缴纳 | to pay (taxes etc) | |
| 收缴 | to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture; to force sb to hand over s… | |
| 缴费 | to pay a fee | |
| 缴枪 | to lay down one's arms; to surrender; to disarm | |
| 退缴 | to make restitution | |
| 缴销 | to hand in for cancellation (e.g. a license) | |
| 追缴 | to recover (stolen property); to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils | |
| 缴税 | to pay tax | |
| 扣缴 | to withhold; to garnish (wages etc) | |
| 缴付 | to pay; to hand over (tax payment etc) | |
| 缴获 | to capture; to seize | |
| 溢缴款 | credit card overpayment | |
| 缴械 | to disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敫 — compare how they read.