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jiè

to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext

🔤 Pictophonetic: 亻 (person) provides meaning, 昔 provides pronunciation
HSK 3 10 strokes Very Common (10%)

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Component Tree i

rén
man, person; people
💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人
2 strokes
past, former; ancient
💡 Ideographic: Twenty 廿 days ago 日
8 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 借 (84)

jiè
HSK 3
to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)
jièkǒu
借口
HSK 5
to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext
jièzhù
借助
HSK 6
to draw support from / with the help of
jièjiàn
借鉴
HSK 6
to use other people's experience / to borrow from a source / to use as reference
jièyòng
借用
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
jiècǐ
借此
using this as a pretext / thereby
jièguāng
借光
Excuse me. / reflected glory / to profit from sb else's prestige
jièchū
借出
to lend
zūjiè
租借
to rent / to lease
jiǎjiè
假借
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods [[六書|六书]] of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
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