借

借 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人廿日 (OTA), four-corner 2426₁, composition ⿰亻昔)

• 𠺦, 𮇴, 𡩤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 781
• Dae Jaweon: page 230, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 171, character 5
• Unihan data for U+501F

Historical forms of the character 借
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05790 Transcribed ancient scripts L23875
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).

借

1. to lend

   我沒有書，你能借我一本嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   我没有书，你能借我一本吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ méi yǒu shū, nǐ néng jiè wǒ yī běn ma?

   I haven' t got any book; can you lend me one ?

   可唔可以借住五十蚊畀我先？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ho² m⁴ ho² ji⁵ ze³ zyu⁶ ng⁵ sap⁶ man¹ bei² ngo⁵ sin¹?

   Can you lend me $50?

2. to borrow

   我可以借你的書嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   我可以借你的书吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de shū ma?

   Can I borrow your book?

3. (alt. form 藉) to make use of; to take advantage of (an opportunity)

   借故  ―  jiègù  ―  to find an excuse

   她借著微弱的燭光讀書。 [MSC, trad.]
   她借着微弱的烛光读书。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jiè zhe wēiruò de zhúguāng dúshū.

   She was reading by the faint light of the candle.

   我想借此機會感謝大家的支持。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想借此机会感谢大家的支持。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng jiè cǐ jīhuì gǎnxiè dàjiā de zhīchí.

   I wish to use this opportunity to thank everyone for your support.

4. (alt. form 藉) to rely on; to depend on
5. (alt. form 藉) to use as a pretext

• (to lend): (on interest) 貸／贷 (dài)

• “Entry #5729”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

• 借り (more common in running text)

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to borrow

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)、しゃく (shaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)、せき (seki)
• Kun: かる (karu, 借る)、かりる (kariru, 借りる, Jōyō)

Originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 借る (karu, “to borrow”), now also the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of modern verb 借りる (kariru, “to borrow”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) かり (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

借(かり) • (kari) 

1. borrowing, a debt, a loan (for the borrower, not the lender)
2. (obsolete) in the Edo period, a system for arranging house calls by prostitutes
3. (accounting, abbreviation) borrower, debtor: short for 借り方 (karikata)

(antonym(s) of “borrowing, debt”): 貸(か)し (kashi): lending, a credit, a loan (for the lender, not the borrower)

借 (eum 차 (cha))

借 (eum 적 (jeok))

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借: Hán Nôm readings: tá

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