Kanji · first appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary
債

債 – bond, loan, debt

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#728 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 債 means bond, loan, debt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiサイsai

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: (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・貝・目・ハ・土・亠・二.

Words using 債

Example sentences

その金は負債の支払いに充当することになっている。
The money is to be applied to the debt.

Kanji with the same radical

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