借 (kariru) Kanji Meaning: "Borrow" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N4160 of 16610 strokes

Drawing: A person holds a book that belongs to someone else: borrow.

借 means borrow

rent

A person holds a book that belongs to someone else: borrow.

On'yomi

  • シャクshaku

Kun'yomi

  • か(りる)kariru

How it's built

  • 亻person
  • 昔long ago

Common words

  • 借りかりborrowing; debt
  • 貸借たいしゃくloan; debit and credit
  • 借金しゃっきんdebt; loan
  • 前借りまえがりgetting an advance (on one's salary)

Through history

  1. Seal script form of 借Seal
  2. Today

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