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The character 赋, whose traditional form is 賦, is structurally composed of the semantic component 貝, representing wealth or value, and the phonetic component 武, which also contributes a sense of martial imposition. This composition points directly to its original meaning of a tax or levy, specifically one imposed by authority, often for military purposes. From this concrete sense of imposed contribution, its meaning broadened significantly to denote the act of bestowing or conferring qualities, as in imparting characteristics upon something. Most notably, by the Han dynasty, 赋 was adopted as the name for a major genre of rhymed prose poetry, characterized by its elaborate, descriptive exposition and often presented to the court; this literary form represented an intellectual and artistic "levy" or deployment of language. Thus, the character’s evolution encapsulates a movement from a material, administrative imposition to an abstract, cultural one, with its structural components forever hinting at that foundational idea of levied contribution.
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法律赋予我们权利。
他很有音乐天赋。
政府降低了赋税。
她赋有艺术气质。
他目前赋闲在家。
诗人即兴赋诗一首。
他赋性乐观，从不沮丧。
这首赋格曲结构复杂。