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債
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债
🇨🇳

debt

HSK 10 N1
Society →Economy
zhài
サイ
채
A person's 亻 duty 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (債)
亻 person (side)+ 責 responsibility =
債 debt
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
責 Meaning component
responsibility
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Simplified (债)
亻 person (side)+ 责 One'S Responsibility =
债 debt
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
责 Meaning component
zé One'S Responsibility
one's responsibility, duty
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
債
Regular
Modern
Chinese
债 / 債 [zhài]
debt; CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
Japanese
債 さい 同音
nounn-suf debt; loan
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (57)
债务 [zhài​wù] #6,369
debt
债券 [zhài​quàn] #10,340
bond
国债 [guó​zhài] #56,425
national debt
负债 [fù​zhài] #19,679
to be in debt
还债 [huán​zhài] #11,156
to settle a debt
血债 [xuè​zhài] #12,949
debt of blood (after killing sb)
欠债 [qiàn​zhài] #14,157
to owe a debt
债权 [zhài​quán] #41,188
creditor's rights (law)
债权人 [zhài​quán​rén] #38,686
creditor
债主 [zhài​zhǔ] #22,209
creditor
47 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (149)
⭐ 負債 [ふさい] #26,008
debt
⭐ 債権 [さいけん] #48,905
credit
⭐ 債務 [さいむ] #49,034
debt
債権者 [さいけんしゃ] #51,671
creditor
⭐ 国債 [こくさい] #53,323
national debt
不良債権 [ふりょうさいけん] #64,360
bad debt
⭐ 債券 [さいけん] #67,065
bond
債務者 [さいむしゃ] #67,480
debtor
⭐ 公債 [こうさい] #84,704
public debt
債務整理 [さいむせいり] #101,094
adjustment of debts
139 more items
KOREAN WORDS (5)
국채
national debt
외채
foreign debt; foreign bond
채권
bond; debenture
채무
debt; liabilities
채무자
debtor