Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
借
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
借
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
借
Regular
Modern
Chinese
借 [jiè]
to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (131)
借口 [jièkǒu] #2,209
to use as an excuse
凭借 [píngjiè] #11,655
to rely on
凭借 [píngjiè] #11,655
to rely on
借助 [jièzhù] #10,794
to draw support from
借鉴 [jièjiàn] #24,862
to draw on (others' experience)
借鉴 [jièjiàn] #24,862
to draw on (others' experience)
借用 [jièyòng] #6,504
to borrow sth for another use
借款 [jièkuǎn] #27,094
to lend money
借此 [jiècǐ] #9,779
using this as a pretext
借钱 [jièqián] #11,658
to borrow money
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JAPANESE WORDS (149)
⭐ 難しい [むずかしい] #680
difficult
⭐ 借りる [かりる] #991
to borrow
⭐ 借金 [しゃっきん] #4,679
debt
⭐ 借り [かり] #7,134
borrowing
⭐ 拝借 [はいしゃく] #13,316
borrowing
手を借りる [てをかりる] #13,475
to get (someone's) help
借り物 [かりもの] #21,020
borrowed thing
借りを返す [かりをかえす] #22,803
to pay back a debt
貸し借り [かしかり] #23,114
lending and borrowing
借り受ける [かりうける] #24,715
to borrow
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KOREAN WORDS (4)