赋 (fù): poetic essay, taxation, to bestow on
赋 (fù) is a Chinese character meaning “poetic essay.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (structural) and 武 (structural). It ranks #1731 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赋 money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- poetic essay
- taxation
- to bestow on
Etymology & Origin
ideographicMoney 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰贝武 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 赋
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天赋 | tiān fù | gift |
| 赋税 | fù shuì | taxation |
| 赋闲 | fù xián | to stay idle at home |
| 禀赋 | bǐng fù | natural endowment |
| 赋值 | fù zhí | (computing, math.) to assign (a value) |
| 赋诗 | fù shī | to versify |
| 秉赋 | bǐng fù | variant of 稟賦|禀赋[bing3 fu4] |
| 赋能 | fù néng | (neologism c. 2019) to empower |
| 赋与 | fù yǔ | variant of 賦予|赋予[fu4 yu3] |
| 赋格曲 | fù gé qǔ | (loanword) fugue |
| 天赋异禀 | tiān fù yì bǐng | extraordinary talent |
| 赋形剂 | fù xíng jì | (pharm.) vehicle |
| 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 the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 |
| 财赋 | cái fù | government revenue |
| 税赋 | shuì fù | tax liability |
赋 appears in 19 compound words: 47 as the first character, 47 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 赋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这个赋字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě fù zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "赋" is related to its radical.
没典藏就没灵魂 400万元起跳的美术馆“赋活术”
méi diǎn zàng jiù méi líng hún 4 0 0 wàn yuán qǐ tiào de měi shù guǎn fù huó shù
Without a collection, there is no soul, and the art museum starting from 4 million yuan "revitalizes"
一家4兄妹都“满分” 牛淳赋学测获75级分
yī jiā 4 xiōng mèi dōu mǎn fēn niú chún fù xué cè huò 7 5 jí fēn
A family of 4 siblings all scored "full marks" Niu Chunfu scored 75 points
据报东亚10亿元洽售歌赋山道15号豪宅
jù bào dōng yà 1 0 yì yuán qià shòu gē fù shān dào 1 5 hào háo zhái
It is reported that East Asia negotiated the sale of a mansion at No. 15 Gofushan Road for 1 billion yuan
文化资源赋能新春体验 河南春节假期揽客6281万人...
wén huà zī yuán fù néng xīn chūn tǐ yàn hé nán chūn jié jiǎ qī lǎn kè 6 2 8 1 wàn rén . . .
Cultural resources empower the New Year experience Henan Spring Festival holiday attracts 62.81 million people...
挑灯看剑丨用AI赋能指挥信息系统
tiāo dēng kàn jiàn 丨 yòng A I fù néng zhǐ huī xìn xī xì tǒng
Lighting the lamp and looking at the sword丨Using AI to empower the command information system
灵魂赋予肉体生命。
Línghún fùyǔ ròutǐ shēngmìng.
The soul animates the body.
玛丽很有天赋，不是吗？
Mǎlì hěn yǒu tiānfù, bù shì ma?
Mary is really talented, isn't she?
什么赋予了人生意义？
Shénme fùyǔ le rénshēng yìyì?
What gives life a meaning?
我发现了他在化学方面的天赋。
Wǒ fāxiàn le tā zài huàxué fāngmiàn de tiānfù.
I found him a genius at chemistry.
Character Family
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