借 — borrow, rent

かりる借 borrow

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes money

U+501F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #932 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1270 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

borrow
rent

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

借(か) りる kariru to borrow

しゃく shaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

借(しゃく) 家(や) shakuya rented house

しゃっ sha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

借(しゃっ) 金(きん) shakkin debt

かり kari Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

借(かり) 入(いれ) 金(きん) kariirekin borrowed money

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

むかし昔 once upon a time

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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