Onyomi: シャク · Kunyomi: か.りる · Meanings: borrow, rent
Kanji for borrow, rent
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The kanji 借 combines the person radical 亻with the character for “to lend” (昔), showing a person receiving something from another. It represents borrowing — taking something temporarily with the intention of returning it. 借 conveys trust, responsibility, and the exchange between people in daily life.
A person receiving an item — 借 means to borrow, taking something with the promise to give it back.
Imagine someone borrowing a book or money from a friend — that’s 借, the kanji for borrowing with trust and responsibility.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 借りる | かりる | to borrow | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 借金 | しゃっきん | debt, loan, liabilities, borrowing money | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 借り | かり | borrowing, debt, loan | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 借家 | しゃくや | rented house, house for rent | common Noun |
| 借入金 | かりいれきん | loan, loan payable, debt | common Noun |
| 借款 | しゃっかん | loan (esp. between governments) | common Noun |
| 借り入れ | かりいれ | borrowing (money) | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 借用 | しゃくよう | borrowing, loan | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 借り手 | かりて | borrower, debtor, tenant | Noun |
| 借家人 | しゃくやにん | tenant, renter | Noun |
| 借り方 | かりかた | debtor, debit | Noun |
| 借り着 | かりぎ | borrowed clothes | Noun |
| 借財 | しゃくざい | loan, debt, liability | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 借用書 | しゃくようしょ | promissory note, written acknowledgment of debt, IOU | Noun |
| 借地 | しゃくち | leased land | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |