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Kanji Detail for 借 - "to borrow, to lend"

借

  • Meaning

    借 means "to borrow, to lend." Also associated with to suppose.

    1. Borrow - To use temporarily.

    2. Lend - To give temporarily.

    3. Suppose - To assume; if.

  • Words using 借

    • 借金 しゃっきん Listen debt; loan; liabilities
    • 借款 しゃっかん Listen loan (esp. between governments)
    • 借り入れ かりいれ Listen borrowing (money)
    • 借地 しゃくち Listen leased land
    • 借りる かりる Listen to borrow; to rent; to hire
    • 借り かり Listen borrowing; debt; loan
    • 貸借 たいしゃく Listen loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
    • 間借り まがり Listen renting a room

  • Four-character idioms with 借

    • 借花献仏 しゃっかけんぶつ Listen winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism

  • Tattoo check: 借

    • Verified meaning: to borrow, to lend
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to suppose

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    borrow; rent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    borrow; lend; make pretext of

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To borrow or lend. Both borrowing from others and lending to others are called 借. | To borrow metaphorically. Using something not originally one's own is called 借. The Six Categories of Chinese characters include 假借, meaning borrowed usage not in the original sense. Also, excessive praise is called 獎借, same meaning, meaning not deserving such. | A hypothetical phrase. (Book of Odes) "Suppose we don't know."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shaku(シャク) シャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kari.ru(か-りる) か-りる

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    borrow lend suppose assume rent credit debt lease loan mortgage temporarily use repayment

Sentences including 借

  • He borrowed money from his friend.

  • Can i use your telephone?

  • Would you mind if i borrowed your car?

  • May i use some paper?

  • I borrowed money not only from tom but from his wife too.

  • Would you mind if i borrowed your car?

  • Is it okay if i borrow these books?

  • You should not expect the help of others.

  • I owe ten dollars to her.

  • May i use the phone?

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