Ideographic: Money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for :

  • - poetic essay
  • - taxation
  • - to bestow on
  • - to endow withto assign
  • - to entrust (a task)
  • - to give
  • - to bestowgift
  • - innate skillto versify
  • - to compose poetrytaxationnatural endowment
  • - gift