借
jièTraditional: 借
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Translation
to borrow, to lend
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound combining the person radical 亻on the left, which signals human activity, with 昔 (xī) providing the sound. The character covers both borrowing and lending.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 亻(person) + 昔 (xī, phonetic)
Stroke order
借
Examples
笔？
May I borrow your pen?
。
He lent me some money.
。
I borrowed this book from the library.
？
Could you lend me your phone for a moment?
。
Remember to return things you borrow.
借 (jiè) means to borrow or to lend. The same character covers both directions of the exchange in Mandarin.
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