赋

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poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation

Components 贝武

levy · Heisig RSH #386

clam + 武 military

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
哀江南赋	Āi Jiāng nán fù	Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of …
赋格曲	fù gé qǔ	(loanword) fugue
赋形剂	fù xíng jì	(pharm.) vehicle; excipient
天赋	tiān fù	gift; innate skill
赋能	fù néng	(neologism c. 2019) to empower; to enable; to energize
天赋异禀	tiān fù yì bǐng	extraordinary talent; exceptionally gifted
田赋	tián fù	land tax
赋值	fù zhí	(computing, math.) to assign (a value); assignment
财赋	cái fù	government revenue; tributary goods and finances; finances and taxes; wealth; property; be…
赋闲	fù xián	to stay idle at home; to have resigned from office; to be unemployed; to have been fired; …
税赋	shuì fù	tax liability
赋税	fù shuì	taxation
赋诗	fù shī	to versify; to compose poetry
赋与	fù yǔ	variant of 賦予\|赋予[fu4 yu3]
贡赋	gòng fù	tribute
赋予	fù yǔ	to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
秉赋	bǐng fù	variant of 稟賦\|禀赋[bing3 fu4]
禀赋	bǐng fù	natural endowment; gift; talent