俸 means “salary, stipend”

ほう · hou

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside 奉, to offer up with both hands: pay handed out to those in service. 俸 is a salary: pro baseball players sign for a 年俸, a yearly salary, and an official in disgrace takes a 減俸, a pay cut.

Used in 年俸 (nenpou, annual salary), 減俸 (genpou, pay cut), and 俸給 (houkyuu, salary)

More from Pay & Taxes

• 租 tax
• 賦 levy
• 捗 progress
• 就 take up
• 償 compensate
• 貢 tribute
• 賃 fee
• 賠 compensation
• 稼 earn
• 酬 reward

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.