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The character 赋 (traditional: 賦) is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic component is the cowrie shell radical 贝/貝 on the left, associating it with wealth and finance. The phonetic component 武 (military) on the right contributes to the sound. Its earliest sense referred to the levying of taxes to fund military expenses. This concrete idea of "imposing" or "assigning" later abstracted into meanings of bestowing, endowing, or distributing qualities. The character also names a major classical literary genre blending descriptive prose with poetry. In simplification, the traditional radical 貝 became 贝, while the phonetic element 武 remained unchanged.
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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。