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
Reading: のぎへん
Frequency: 431
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