Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
2089 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: tariff, crop tax, borrowing
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ソ
Composition: 禾 且
Radical: 禾
Meaning: grain
租 (ソ) rice tax (ritsuryō system), rice levy, tax on rice fields, annual tribute, annual tax
租税 (ソゼイ) taxes, taxation
公租 (コウソ) public tax
貢租 (コウソ) annual tax, tribute