# 税 — tax

税 means “tax”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ゼイ (zei). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: tax
- On'yomi: ゼイ (zei)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Money & trade 1

## How to remember 税

Older brother (兄) hands over eight (八) sheaves of grain (禾): tax.

Parts: 禾 grain · 兌 exchange

## Don't confuse it with

[説](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/explain/) · [脱](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/take-off/) · [悦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ecstasy/) · [閲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peruse/)

## More in the “Money & trade 1” set

[済](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/settle/) · [資](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/resources/) · [利](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/profit/) · [価](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/price/) · [税](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tax/) · [営](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/operate/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tax/. Last updated 2026-11-01.