賃 - Fare
In old Japan, paying a Fare was seen as a Responsibility, since transport and labor were settled with Shellfish as money. Imagine someone solemnly handing over a clam instead of a train ticket, a reminder of how duty and currency were once the same thing.
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賃 - Fare
Index #1188
Grade 6
13 strokes
JLPT Level: N1
Readings: チン
