借 – borrow, rent

10 strokesTaught in grade 4#932 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 借 means borrow, rent. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャク (shaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.りる (kariru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャク	shaku
Kun’yomi	か.りる	kariru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・日・廾・二.

Words using 借

借りるかりるto borrow借金しゃっきんdebt借りかりborrowing拝借はいしゃくborrowing

Example sentences

この本をお借りしてもよろしいですか。

May I borrow this book?

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２部屋あるアパートを借りたいのですが。

I want to rent an apartment with two rooms.

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君は借金を払うべきだ。

You should pay your debts.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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