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Mythic Mandarin

借 (jiè): meaning and stroke order

借 (jiè) means to borrow, (used in combination with 给 or 出 etc) to lend.

借

Simplified
借
Traditional
借, 藉
Pinyin
jiè

Stroke order of 借

借

  • jiè to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend
  • jiè variant of 借[jie4]
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 藉

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 借

  1. jiè
    • to borrow
    • (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend
    • to make use of; to avail oneself of
    • (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
  2. jiè Traditional 藉
    • variant of 借[jie4]

Radical and structure

借
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes · 亻 on the left, 昔 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 借

借 in our stories

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  • 老人告诉他，这些书都是他年轻时从这里借的，那时他和妻子每读一本，就去书里的城市旅行一次。

    lǎorén gàosu tā zhèxiē shū dōu shì tā niánqīng shí cóng zhèli jiè de nàshí tā hé qīzi měi dú yì běn jiù qù shū lǐ de chéngshì lǚxíng yí cì

    The old man told him that he had borrowed all these books here when he was young; back then, every time he and his wife read one, they went to travel in that city.

    From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

  • 他们的想法是做一个手机软件，让邻居之间可以互相借东西：电钻、梯子、帐篷……

    tāmen de xiǎngfǎ shì zuò yí gè shǒujī ruǎnjiàn ràng línjū zhījiān kěyǐ hùxiāng jiè dōngxi diànzuàn tīzi zhàngpeng

    Their idea was a phone app that let neighbours lend each other things: drills, ladders, tents…

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

  • 最后，他们向当地的划船俱乐部借了八条普通的船，自己在船头装上了纸做的龙头。

    zuìhòu tāmen xiàng dāngdì de huáchuán jùlèbù jiè le bā tiáo pǔtōng de chuán zìjǐ zài chuántóu zhuāng shàng le zhǐ zuò de lóngtóu

    In the end they borrowed eight ordinary boats from a local rowing club and fixed paper dragon heads to the bows themselves.

    From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5

Stories using 借

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).