Zi:税

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(F​) [shuì] tax; (HDZ:) ​; ​税; … [tuō] ​/​, ​ [tuì] (​) ​; ​ [tuàn] ​

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

²shuì [​] {C} n. tax; duty

The Shuōwén Seal form of 税/​(​􁌧) shuì ‘(feudal) land tax/rent’ combines ​ (hé) ‘grain’, and ​/​(​􁝖) duì (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​/​(​􂆽) tuō ‘free/extricate oneself from’; ​/​(​􀭬) tuō ‘become thin/emaciated (shed fat)’; ​(​􂖉) tuì ‘molt/shed (of insects/etc.)’.
    Note: In anc. times taxes were paid to the feudal lords, who exacted a percentage fee of the grain/crops/produce produced by the tenant farmers.
    HDZ: 税 : shuì : ​ (​税; cf. ​税​); ​税; ​税; ​; ​; ​; ​; ​/​: ​: (​, ​; ​, ​); ​; ​ (suì): ​, (​) ​; ​ (yuè): ​; (​) • tuō : ​/​/​/​: ​/​: (​; ​) • tuì : ​; ​ • tuàn : ​: ​
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2609.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:233.0.09; EDOC:0
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