借

音読おんよみ: シャク

訓読くんよみ: かりる

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Borrow / Rent / Loan

  • 借金しゃっきん — debt / borrowed money
  • 借用しゃくよう — borrowing / usage
  • 借家しゃくや — rented house
  • 借地しゃくち — leased land
  • 借用書しゃくようしょ — IOU / loan document
  • 恩借おんしゃく — borrowing as a favor / loan through kindness
  • 賃借ちんしゃく — lease / renting
  • 拝借はいしゃく — humble form of “borrow”
  • 借財しゃくざい — borrowed funds / debt

The radical 亻 means "person," while the right side lends the sound and relates to value or estimation. Together, 借 captures the idea of a person depending on another — borrowing something temporarily.

かれ友達ともだちに おかねりました。
He borrowed money from a friend.

図書館としょかんほんりました。
I borrowed a book from the library.

貸
Creates
貸借たいしゃく — credit and debt
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