The kanji 借: meaning, readings and stroke order

借

Meaning: borrow
On reading: シャク shaku
Kun reading: か（りる） kariru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mượn, vay (tá)
Japanese: かりる。
Korean: 빌리다 (차)
Chinese: 借

Readings, words and example sentences

シャク shaku · on reading · less common

借しゃっ金きん
debt, money you owe
働いて 借しゃっ金きんを返します。
I work to pay back the money I owe.

か（りる） kariru · kun reading

借かりる
to borrow
図書館で本を 借かります。
I borrow books from the library.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.