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Chinese symbol for “tax”

税费
shuì fèi
Traditional: 稅費
tax; levy; duty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tax is 税费 (shuì fèi), defined as: tax; levy; duty.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

税 shuì
taxes
radical 115 ⽲ · 12 strokes
费 fèi
expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
radical 154 ⾙ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tax”

WordPinyinMeaning
捐税 (捐稅)juān shuìtax; levy; duty; impost
税捐 (稅捐)shuì juāntax; levy; duty; impost
抽税 (抽稅)chōu shuìto tax; to levy a tax
课 (課)kèsubject; course
捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 税费.

WordPinyinMeaning
税收 (稅收)shuì shōutaxation
关税 (關稅)guān shuìcustoms duty; tariff
税务 (稅務)shuì wùtaxation services; state revenue service
纳税 (納稅)nà shuìto pay taxes
纳税人 (納稅人)nà shuì réntaxpayer
税率 (稅率)shuì lǜtax rate
免费 (免費)miǎn fèifree (of charge)
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tax”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.