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Kanji Detail for 債 - "debt, bond, loan"

債

  • Meaning

    債 means "debt, bond, loan."

    1. Debt - Loans; credit; unsettled obligations.

    2. Bond - Securities; financial instruments.

    3. Creditor - One who is owed money.

  • Words using 債

    • 債務 さいむ Listen debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
    • 債権 さいけん Listen credit; claim
    • 国債 こくさい Listen national debt; national securities; government bonds
    • 債券 さいけん Listen bond; debenture
    • 負債 ふさい Listen debt; liabilities
    • 社債 しゃさい Listen corporate bond; corporate debenture
    • 割引債 わりびきさい Listen discount bond
    • 公債 こうさい Listen public debt; public bond; government securities

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    • Verified meaning: debt, bond, loan
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    bond; loan; debt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    debt, loan, liabilities

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    debt, loan, liability

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

    Owing money is called 債. Such as 欠債 (owe debt), 還債 (repay debt). Originally written as 責.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    debt bond loan borrowing credit finance interest lending liability mortgage obligation payment collateral

Sentences including 債

  • The yield on the bond is 6%.

  • I can no longer fulfill my obligations.

  • Bonds together with some money was stolen.

  • That man borrows money from many lenders.

  • You are liable for the debt.

  • Bonds were issued to finance a war.

  • We had to write off the debt.

  • The government announced that they would pay their debts.

  • I feel secure when I invest in stocks but not bonds.

  • His debts amount to more than he can pay.

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