懂中文 Dong Chinese

借

jiè

borrow

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

昔 sound component

昔  Sound component

xī

  

in the past, ancient times

Evolution

借 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
借 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
借 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

借  

jiè

borrow; lend; make pretext of; to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity)

借 (藉) 

jiè

variant of 借[jiè]

Most common words with 借
Freq.
Word
Meaning

借

to lend

借口

excuse

凭借

to rely on

借助

to draw support from

借鉴

to draw on (others' experience)