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借

借

借 U+501F, 借
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501F
← 倞
[U+501E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倠 →
[U+5020]
See also: 藉

Translingual

Han character

借 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人廿日 (OTA), four-corner 24261, composition ⿰亻昔)

References

  • KangXi: page 108, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 781
  • Dae Jaweon: page 230, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 171, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+501F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 借

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 借 借
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 麻 (100) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 子夜切 資昔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡siaH/ /t͡siᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siaH/ /t͡siɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siaH/ /t͡siæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡siaH/ /t͡siajk̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaH/ /t͡siɛk̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaH/ /t͡sĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aH/ /t͡si̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiè ji
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 借 借
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiè jiè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsjæH › ‹ tsjek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]Ak-s/ /*[ts]Ak/
English loan, borrow loan, borrow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 借 借
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13269 13298
Phonetic
component		 昔 昔
Rime
group		 暮 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 唶 積
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsjaːɡs/ /*ʔsjaːɡ/

Definitions

借

  1. to lend
    我沒有書，你能借我一本嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    我没有书，你能借我一本吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ méi yǒu shū, nǐ néng jiè wǒ yī běn ma? [Pinyin]
    I haven' t got any book; can you lend me one ?
    可唔可以借本書畀我呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    可唔可以借本书畀我呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    Ho2 m4 ho2 ji5ze3 bun2 syu1 bei2 ngo5 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Can you lend me a book?
  2. to borrow
    我可以借你的書嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    我可以借你的书吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de shū ma? [Pinyin]
    Can I borrow your book?
  3. to make use of; by means of; to take advantage of (an opportunity)
    他借慈善事業為名欺騙了他們。 [MSC, trad.]
    他借慈善事业为名欺骗了他们。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jiè císhàn shìyè wèimíng qīpiàn le tāmen. [Pinyin]
    He deceived them under the veil of charity.
    他們借雷達標示飛機的動向。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们借雷达标示飞机的动向。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen jiè léidá biāoshì fēijī de dòngxiàng. [Pinyin]
    They plotted aircraft movements by radar.
    她借著閃爍的燭光讀書。 [MSC, trad.]
    她借着闪烁的烛光读书。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jiè zhe shǎnshuò de zhúguāng dúshū. [Pinyin]
    She was reading by the flickering light of the candle.
    我想借這個機會，對你們的幫助表示感謝。 [MSC, trad.]
    我想借这个机会，对你们的帮助表示感谢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng jiè zhè ge jīhuì, duì nǐmen de bāngzhù biǎoshì gǎnxiè. [Pinyin]
    I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to express my thanks for your help.
Synonyms
  • 貸／贷 (dài, “to lend on interest, to borrow”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 借 – see 藉.
(This character, 借, is the simplified form of 藉.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

借

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to borrow

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
借
か(り)
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Originally the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 借る ‎(karu, “to borrow”), now also the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei) of modern verb 借りる ‎(kariru, “to borrow”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 借り (more common in running text)

Noun

借 ‎(hiragana かり, romaji kari)

  1. borrowing, a debt, a loan (for the borrower, not the lender)
  2. (obsolete) in the Edo period, a system for arranging house calls by prostitutes
  3. (accounting, abbreviation) borrower, debtor: short for 借り方 ‎(karikata)

Antonyms

(borrowing, debt): 貸し ‎(kashi): lending, a credit, a loan (for the lender, not the borrower)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

借 • ‎(cha, jeok) (hangeul 차, 적, McCune-Reischauer ch'a, chŏk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

借 (tá)

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