Chinese Character 借 Meanings and components.

Form

借

Meaning

借 meaning[3] in English

To Lend.

To Borrow.

By Means Of.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 借 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Xi (昔)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OTA

How to write 借

To write借jie4to lend you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 昔xi1surname Xi arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 昔 = 借

借 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 借 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 借, looks as follow:

借
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lend . To Borrow . By Means Of . To Take (An Opportunity)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
昔
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
龷
Pinyin:龷5
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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