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借 = 亻 + 昔
借 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “borrow”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 昔 (once upon a time). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1270.
- Keyword
- borrow
- RTK frame
- 1270
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シャク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- か.りる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- брать
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 借 borrow
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 借 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “once upon a time”. 借 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 借 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.