Chinese Character Wiki

貸

dài

lend

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 代 represents the sound.

Components
貝 meaning component

貝  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

代 sound component

代  Sound component

dài

  

replace

Evolution

貸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

贷 (貸) 

dài

lend; borrow; pardon; to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive

Most common words with 貸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贷款

a loan

贷

a loan

信贷

credit

高利贷

loan shark

借贷

to borrow or lend money

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤək-s

thojH

dài

borrow; lend


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.9358% of movies

2123rd most common character in movies

1605th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

贷

Unicode

U+8CB8

Shuowen

“貸，施也。从貝，代聲。”


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